Crime

David Balondemu, the Kampala District land board chairperson, has been remanded to Luzira prison on charges of forging a medical form. He was arrested over the weekend at Entebbe International Airport by detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit while attempting to flee from the country. Balondemu and his co-accused Dr. Hassan Segujja, a medical officer at Mulago National Referral Hospital, appeared before Ronald Kayizi, the Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate, on Tuesday, October 15th, 2024, to answer charges of forgery...

Police have summoned three former top bosses of the Kampala City Council Authority. The officials, including the former Executive Director, KCCA Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy, and the director of public health and environment, were dismissed by the President recently. Police spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke, on Monday, while addressing the media, confirmed that the three will appear for interrogation by the detectives at the CID headquarters on Wednesday to record statements. He said that the IGG's report blamed the officials for severe oversight and...

Police in Kyotera district have arrested three suspects accused of masterminding the gruesome murder of a 53-year-old land property master. The suspects identified as Abdul Karagwa, Wasswa Matia, and Denis Semigga were arrested on October 14, 2024, from Bugaaju Villag, Kirumba Sub County. The suspects are accused of killing Edward Sekabira Kanyenya on October 12, 2024, and later dumped his body near his residential home. “The deceased was attacked while returning home from a nightclub where he had been enjoying a social...

As Ugandans were still criticizing Bobi Wine’s younger brother Michael Mukwaya, aka Mikie Wine, for using Pretty Nicole, a minor, as a vixen in his music video where he danced with her inappropriately, a revelation by one of the members of the camera crew has sent shockwaves throughout the entire country. According to the cameraman who spoke on grounds of anonymity, Mikie Wine did not just dance with Pretty Nicole; he slept with her for several nights during the filming...

The Entebbe Chief Magistrate's Court has remanded six suspects to prison for dealing in minerals without a license, mingling minerals with intent to defraud, and smuggling minerals at Entebbe International Airport. The six suspects, including Kananura Daniel, a businessman; Mpomba Richard, Muhwezi Benon, and Bekalaze Ismail, clearing agents at the airport; Nkahirwa Pascal, a clearing agent in Kampala; and Mujuzi John Keneddy, a cleaner at the airport, have been remanded until October 25, 2024. This development was confirmed by the State...

Police in Kigezi are looking into the murder of an unidentified man whose body was found in a swamp in Kabale district. The body was discovered on October 11, 2024, in Rwakihirwa cell, Kamuganguzi Sub County, near Katuna Road. Initial reports suggest that the man was brutally killed by unknown attackers on October 10, 2024, around 5:45 pm to 6:00 pm. His body was then dumped into the swamp to hide the crime. According to ASP Elly Maate, the police spokesperson...