Crime

Four people have been confirmed dead and six others were critically injured in an accident that occurred at Luwero Town Council along the Kampala-Gulu Highway. Sam Twiineamazima, the Savannah Regional Police spokesperson, explains that the accident occurred at around 5 a.m. on September 4, 2024, involving a taxi with registration number UBG 392N, a Toyota Hiace, and an unidentified truck. “The taxi, which was heading to Kampala City from Gulu, collided with a truck before it lost control and overturned in...

The police have clarified how Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, the leader of the opposition National Unity Platform party (NUP), got injured during a scuffle with security on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2024. In a brief statement issued by the police spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke, Bobi Wine was not shot at but got injured when he stumbled while struggling to enter his car during the scuffle. "During the ensuing altercation, it is alleged that he sustained injuries. Police officers on site claim he...

The Mubende Resident District Commissioner, Al Hajji Lule Umar Mawiya, embarked on community sensitization following the increasing cases of child kidnapping in the area. RDC Mawiya held a community sensitization engagement at Mubende Town Council Headquarters on Monday, September 2, 2024, where he urged parents to be vigilant. He cautioned parents against sending children to shop at night and should always watch their safety and avoid leaving them alone at home. RDC Mawiya says the incident is rampant in Kangulumira village, Mubende...

A Ugandan Olympic athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei, is currently nursing severe injuries she sustained from the petrol attack by her Kenyan boyfriend. Cheptegei, who lives in Kenya and is a distance runner who finished 44th at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was set ablaze by her boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema. She is currently receiving treatment for 75% burns at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. Jeremiah Ole Kosiom, the police commander in charge of Trans Nzoia County, said the suspect was also admitted to...

Eight people have died on the spot, and more than 40 have been left in very critical conditions due to a head-on collision accident along the Kampala-Masaka highway. The accident happened in the wee hours of the morning on September 1, 2024, in Kabale-Bugonzi village in Masaka city along the Kampala-Masaka highway due to a head-on collision crash between a Jaguar bus and a Fuso canter truck. The Jaguar bus registration number UBP 964T was coming from Kampala and heading to...

Members of parliament Hon. Michael Mawanda, Paul Akamba and City lawyer Julius Taitankoko Kirya, have each been granted bail of UGX 35 M in cash by the High Court on corruption charges. Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga while presiding over the court session on August 30, 2024, ordered the MPs to deposit their passports with the court, be barred from leaving the country without permission, and have their sureties bonded in the amount of UGX 50 M not in cash.  Justice Kajuga...