Crime

The grade one magistrate court in Mbarara has charged a Bishop Stuart University lecturer with grievous harm to her 21-year-old housemaid by pouring hot water. The accused has been identified as Doreen Atwongire, a 39-year-old lecturer at Bishop Stuart University, in Mbarara, and the victim as Racheal Ninsiima, a 21-year-old housemaid. Rusoke Kituuma on October 10, 2024, highlighted that the incident occurred on September 25, 2024, when Doreen returned home to find her child crying. “Doreen allegedly poured boiling water on Racheal...

The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has expressed deep sorrow and condemned the tragic shooting of Thirumalesh Etikala, a 49-year-old site manager at Royal Velko Joint Ventures by private James Tolit that claimed his life. The incident occurred on Friday, October 4, 2024, in Namasale, Amolatar District. In a statement released by Capt Edwin Mawanda Public information officer of the 5th Infantry Division, the UPDF extends heartfelt sympathies to the family  and friends of Thirumalesh and Private James Tolit a 38-year-old...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pardoned the former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Local Government, John Muhanguzi Kashaka, who has been serving a 10-year jail sentence for causing a financial loss of UGX 4.2 billion to the government in the Local Council I (LCI) bicycle procurement scandal. This development was confirmed in a statement released by Uganda Prison Services on Thursday, October 3, 2024. According to Moses Ssentalo, the Commissioner of Prison Assistant Public Relations Officer, Kashaka has been released...

A pupil has been struck dead and 13 others injured by the lightning in Mubende district. This incident happened on October 1, 2024, in Maya Primary School in Lubimbili Sub County in Mubende district, and the deceased has been identified as Joshua Karuhanga, a P.6 pupil. Betty Kaitesi, a teacher at the school, said the affected pupils were mostly from primary five and primary six classes. Kaitesi identified the injured children, Rosemary Tundina, Metu Kamukama, and Ronald. ’’The injured pupils are at Mubende...

The police have issued a stern warning to parents across the country to be vigilant and avoid neglecting children in a bid to reduce child kidnapping. This was issued during the Monday weekly security media brief held at Naguru Police headquarters by ACP Rusoke Kituuma, the police spokesperson. Rusoke highlighted the need for increased parental responsibility, stressing that the kidnaps are due to negligence. He said that the police continues to encourage and advise the public to remain cautious, particularly when leaving...

The Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries have been urged to be vigilant and conscious of conmen posing as army officers with intentions of defrauding them of their money. Dennis Galabuzi Ssozi, the National Parish Development Model (PDM) Coordinator, while at the meeting convened at the secretariat on September 22, 2024, urged the different stakeholders from districts to report conmen who impersonate soldiers and PDM officials to defraud beneficiaries. In the bid to combat the vice, Ssozi called upon all PDM beneficiaries...