Crime

Road users, including passenger vehicle operators, in Western Uganda have asked police traffic to regulate political marches in the area to avoid interfering with their daily businesses. This stemmed from huge traffic interferences witnessed on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Ishaka-Bushenyi when several foot soldiers of the opposition National Unity Platform Party blocked major streets to pave ways for their processions during the visit by Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi, the NUP leader. During their procession in Ishaka town, many NUP foot...

One person in Bundibugyo district has lost his leg after being knocked by a speeding vehicle belonging to the convoy of Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, the leader of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine’s team, as he embarked on a tour of Western Uganda. The vehicle has been identified as a Toyota Hiace registration number UBL516L white in color belonging to Jolly Mugisha and the driver is currently on the run. According to an...

The Uganda Police Force has announced that it has not cleared the planned march to Parliament protest being organized by a group of activists using social media. This was announced on Monday, July 15th, 2024, by ACP Kituuma Rusoke during the weekly security media briefing held at Naguru Police Headquarters in Kampala. The planned march to Parliament is slated for July 23rd, 2024, according to the information available on social media, to protest the increasing corruption in the house. ACP Kituuma said...

The leadership of Nansana Municipality has embarked on a door-to-door community mobilisation aimed at reducing the increasing criminal activities in the area. On Sunday, July 14th, 2024, the local leaders held a security meeting at Nansana municipal headquarters to draw strategies against the vice. During the meeting, Regina Nakkazzi Bakitte Musoke, the Mayor of Nasana Municipality, expressed concern about the increasing criminal activities, especially in Gombe Division. Nakkazzi added that Gombe Division has the highest crime rates due to several gangs found...

Police in Kassanda district are investigating circumstances under which unidentified thugs attacked the chairperson of boda-boda operators and his wife with a machete. The victims, identified as Abdul Wamala and Noeline Bukirwa, both residents of Wetiye village in Kiganda Sub County, have remained in critical condition and nursing wounds sustained from the July 13, 2024, attack. According to Wamala, the suspected machete-wielding goons reportedly attacked them at around 3 a.m. on July 13th. He said two out of the four assailants were...

Police in Kyankwanzi District have arrested five suspected cattle thieves who have been terrorizing the area. SP Racheal Kawala, the Wamala regional police spokesperson, said on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, the suspects were found with the stolen animals in their possession. She said the suspects had modified the interior of a Toyota Prado to create space to accommodate and transport the stolen animals. “In the course of the operation, police also recovered a motor vehicle that the suspects were using in the...