Security & Crime Investigation

Another Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) soldier has been arrested today, July 17th, 2023, for the murder of a civilian in Bukwo district. The suspect, identified as corporal Lawrence Sibiwa, attached to the 51 Infantry Battalion, is in custody after killing Fred Kwemoi, a civillan resident from Taboswet village in Bukwo district. According to Maj. Isaac Oware,the third division spokesperson confirmed that the incident occurred along Kapachorwa-Bukwo-Suam Road at China State Construction Company, where the two had a brawl that resulted...

The police at Rwampara Central Police Station (CPS) are investigating the incident under which 15 suspects escaped from their lawful custody. The incident took place on July 16th 2023, at Rwampara CPS in Buteraniro-Nyeiha town council located in Rwampara District. According to CP Anthony Akankwatsa, One of the police officers, the incident happened in the morning of Sunday, when the suspects managed to break out of the male police cells through the hole they had dug from inside. "I heard the Rwampara...

A one-and-a half-year-old boy who is yet to be identified has been safely rescued from a pit toilet by Mityana's police, fire, and rescue services. It is alleged that an identified man heard a baby crying in a pit latrine on July 15, 2023, at 11:45 p.m. and called for help. SP Racheal Kawala, the spokesperson of Wamala region, says that Preliminary investigations indicate that at Shell Wabigalo, Wabigalo LC1, Tamu division, Mityana district, an unidentified man heard a baby cry...

Police Spokesperson, SCP Fred Enanga, during a press release at the Police Headquarters in Kampala, July 11, 2023, revealed that the gruesome murder that took place in Bukomba village, Nakikooda Parish in Luwero, on the night of July 5, 2023, was carried out by the family head, Mzee Musisi Stephen, a 68-year-old. According to Enanga, Musisi hacked the three family members to death, injuring two, and later committed suicide by hanging after having unresolved ongoing domestic conflicts with his wife,...

Police have taken into custody two senior 1 students of St. Lwanga Secondary Secondary School found in Sheema District who wrote an anonymous letter in which they threatened to attack their school and others in Kasese District. On Monday,July 10th, 2023, SCP Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, said during a weekly security brief held at Naguru police headquarters that the two students are identified as Inoccent Mwesigye, age 16, and Amon Ayebare, age 17 year of age.both students of St....

Kabalagala police station has successfully recovered a 4-year-old boy identified as Engole Mark, who was abducted from Kanyogoga village in Bukasa district on July 4, 2023. According to Luke Oweyesigyire, the ASP Deputy KMP, Basilika Jacklin, the victim's mother, claims that her friend Kihembo Sharon approached her and asked for help in locating some personal items left at the bodaboda stage. Trusting her friend, Jacklin agreed to accompany Sharon, taking her son, Engole along. "As Jacklin waited for their return, she received...