Crime
The Joint Intelligence and Counter Terror Teams have arrested another member of the ADF terror cell and recovered an assortment of terror-related exhibits. As revealed by the Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, the suspect is identified as Isma Kiyemba, a 24 year old male adult and a resident of Makandwa village, Kajjansi Town Council in Wakiso […]
Following yesterday’s twin bomb blasts, the President of the Republic of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has since come up and given assurance that such terror attacks shall be put to an end. “The Police will issue guidelines regarding securing the check-points because the check-points are protecting the buildings and the occupants. We are working with the […]
Monday evening saw another terrorist attack in Uganda as a bomb in a public bus detonated, killing one and injuring another person as the bus was on its way in Mpigi district. The suspected accomplice is said to have disembarked at Maya about 10km after the Maya Checkpoint. The suicide Bomber has since then been […]
President Yoweri K. Museveni has revealed that the person who died in the Ishaka-bound bus yesterday, was a terrorist loosely referred to as ‘Mutujju’. The incident occurred at Lungala in Mpigi district along the Kampala-Masaka Highway as a bus belonging to Swift Safaris Bus Company moved passengers from Kampala to Ishaka in the western region of Uganda. According to Police, Muzafala was in company of another suspected terrorist who got off the bus at Maya village. Also, 50 of the 52 passengers that were on the bus survived unhurt. The terrorist, Muzafala but also calling himself Isaac Matovu, was part of the Pader group that had been sent by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) to blow up the mourners during the […]
Gruesome: Chopped Up Remains Of Askari Found In KIU Septic Tank The chopped up remains of Leonard Kato, a private security guard commonly referred to as an “askari”, were on Monday morning discovered, disposed of in a septic tank at the Kampala International University (KIU) campus in Kansanga, a Kampala suburb. Kato, a security guard […]
Lawyers from Wameri and Company Advocates representing the suspects in the botched Gen. Katumba Wamala murder attempt didn’t not show up in court today as the case was coming up for mentioning. Lead counsel Geoffrey Turyamusiima and his colleague Hamza Ssekidde at least one of them has been expected to be in court today since […]
Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial resumes today in a Pietermaritzburg high court after many times of rescheduling. According to a report by BBC, Zuma is facing charges in connection with a multibillion-dollar arms deal in which he is accused of accepting bribes from a French company Thales in the 1990s. However, both […]
The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO Bureau) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs has halted the operations of 54 NGOs due to non-compliance with the NGO Act 2016. The NGO Bureau Executive Director, Stephen Okello, explained that 23 of these were operating with expired NGO permits contrary to section 31 (1) and 32(1) of […]
The Uganda Police Force (UPF) has stated with sheer commitment to put an end to torturous acts with very strict prohibitions. This was said by the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola yesterday in a release that detailed initiatives taken to counter torture in the UPF. Ochola said that even though his leadership has […]
The Government has launched a National Call Centre to be used by the public in a bid to put to end the rampant illegal land evictions in the country. This was opened by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba on Sunday in Wandegeya, Kampala. While commissioning this centre, Nabakooba revealed that […]