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Headteacher arrested for embezzling examination fees, issuing fake results

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Denis Obal, the header teacher of Sr. Gabriella Memorial Comprehensive Secondary School in Kole district is in police custody for...

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Journalist murdered in eastern DR Congo

A journalist for DR Congo’s national broadcaster had his throat slit in North Kivu in the country’s east where massacres and clashes...

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Police arrest man for forging travel documents, Covid-19 results

The Aviation Police at the Entebbe International Airport has arrested a 29-year-old man on charges of forgery and falsification of documents. Peter...

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Three people arrested for kidnapping 4-yr-old boy, ask for shs50m ransom

The Crime Intelligence Directorate of Police has put in custody three people suspected of kidnapping a four-year-old boy and later demanding shs50 million...

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Three children admited after eating bananas laced with poison, one dead

Police in Mukono Division is investigating circumstances under which three children were poisoned after eating bananas laced with poison. The atrocious incident...

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COURT: Suspects in Gen Katumba attempted murder case further remanded

NAKAWA COURT | KAMPALA: The eight suspects implicated in the attempted murder of former Army Commander and Work’s Minister Gen Edward Katumba...

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Security guard in Ibanda murdered in cold blood

Police in Ibanda district has launched a manhunt for assailants who attacked and killed a security guard at the Nile Breweries Ltd...

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Big Story

Four OPM officials arrested over Kasese substandard relief supplies

The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) headed by Lt. Col Edith Nakalema on Tuesday arrested four of the nine staff in the...

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FRED LUMBUYE: NUP Leaning Blogger Arrested in Turkey

Turkey-based YouTuber and Social Media blogger Fred Lumbuye alias Chemical Ali has been arrested, the Daily Express has confirmed. Lumbuye, a strong...

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Boda Boda rider murdered in cold blood in Rukungiri

RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT Police in Rukungiri district is investigating the death of a 30-year-old was a bodaboda rider who is believed to have...

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Woman admits killing husband over sexual starvation

KABERAMAIDO DISTRICT: The Grade one magistrate court in Kaberamaido District was sent into silence after a woman admitted to stabling her husband...

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Thugs attack, rob Bishop Zac Niringiye in Ntinda

Former Anglican Bishop of Kampala Diocese, Dr. Zac Niringiye in nursing wounds after he was attacked on his was home by a...

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16-year-old student found dead at boyfriend’s house

Residents of Lwadda A in Matugga village were on Thursday evening left in great shock after finding one of their own, a...

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Police officer arrested for allegedly killing resident at checkpoint

Police in Luwero district has in custody their own officer, a one Nicholas Muloni for allegedly stabbing a resident to death at...

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Speeding motorist knocks bodaboda cyclist dead in Kampala

KAMPALA – The Police at Old Kampala in Kampala are investigating a fatal accident at Bukesa Traffic lights along Hoima road involving...

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URA, Police Impound 250 Bags of Counterfeit Sugar in Moroto

Police in Moroto District together with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on Tuesday raided and impounded 259 bags of counterfeit sugar which...

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VIDEO: 14 boda thugs attack, rob Indian national in daylight robbery along Mawanda Road

CRIME | KAMPALA: The territorial department at Kira Road Police is investigating a robbery incident yesterday (July 24, 2021) at around 12...

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Village Chairperson murdered in cold blood over land wrangles

RUKUNGIRI – Police in Rukungiri district have arrested a 29-year-old on allegations of killing the village Chairperson over land wrangles in the...

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Three Police Officers Arrested over Extortion at Checkpoints

Police in Mbarara city have arrested three of their own officers for allegedly extorting money from bodaboda cyclists at security checkpoints in...

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14 teen girls ‘being trained to sleep with dogs’ rescued in Muyenga

KAMPALA | CRIME: Police have stormed a guesthouse on Muyenga Hill in Kampala and rescued 14 girls found living in terrible conditions....

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Tororo businessman arrested for selling counterfeit cement

TORORO: Police in Tororo District are holding a businessman for allegedly selling counterfeit cement disguised as a genuine product. The suspect, Richard...

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