Crime

Abdul Yousif Mohammad Adam aka Aziz, a man from Sudan, has been held in custody after appearing in court for allegedly tricking a Dubai investor out of over $650,000. Adam faced charges of obtaining money by false pretenses at the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court. He is accused of being part of a scam where he and others, who have not yet been caught, persuaded Osman Hussan, an investor from Dubai, to pay a large sum for non-existent gold sales. The...

On the morning of Monday, November 18, 2024, chaos erupted at the National Unity Platform (NUP) headquarters in Makerere Kavule after foot soldiers were summoned to explain the disappearance of money collected as offertory, which went missing after a memorial service for NUP supporters who died during the November 2021 election campaigns. The NUP head of security Achileo Kivumbi who called for an urgent meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, said that four offertory baskets with all the money disappeared...

Police in Mbale City has arrested three Imbalu boys for attacking several individuals and robbing their belongings including mobile phones. According to ACP Kituuma Rusoke the Uganda Police spokesperson in a statement on November 19, 2024, the three suspects include Wamimbi Bosco, Watuwa Bernard, and Wabulo Moses. "On November 16, 2024, at around 1530hrs, a group of Imbalu boys armed with pangas, sticks, and stones attacked several individuals in Katwaka Cell, Bumagenyi Ward, Industrial Division of Mbale City," Kituuma said. The suspects...

Police in Kampala have arrested three individuals for alleged computer misuse and spreading hate speech against President Yoweri Museveni, his son, and other political and media figures. While addressing the media at the police headquarters in Naguru on November 11, 2024, Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson, ASP Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed the arrests of the suspects and identified them as Julius Tayebwa, David Sengooni, and Isaiah Ssekaji.  “Police will arraign three individuals in court for alleged computer misuse and spreading hate speech...

During his visit to Rukungiri in 2018, at Nyakagyeme grounds, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni introduced an unknown female adult to the audience who would later be known as Peace Rugambwa, born of Ntungamo in Southwestern Uganda. The President, as with most of his messages on rallies, was teaching about poverty alleviation from the area when he introduced Rugambwa, who had convinced him that onion farming was a quick and effective plan to get the people of Rukungiri out of poverty,...

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has confirmed the arrest of four teachers accused of possessing and distributing fake Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) papers online. Jennifer Kalule-Musamba, the UNEB Spokesperson, said on Monday that the teachers, who reportedly charged up to Shs750,000 per set of counterfeit papers, were found sharing them on social media. “The police have arrested four teachers for unauthorized possession and online dissemination of fake PLE examination papers,” Kalule-Musamba said. The suspects, identified as Bakashaba Vincent from Kimongole Primary...