Security & Crime Investigation

Police in Fort-portal City and Kabarole district have so far arrested 12 suspects who are linked to the murder of an assistant medical officer from Kagadi that occurred in Fort Portal City. While addressing the weekly security presser on Monday the 5th December 2022, ASP Luke Oweyisigire the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson stated that Rutabagisha Paul Bahizi a 53-year-old District Health Officer at Kagadi district was killed on 25th November 2022. According to ASP Oweyisigire, Paul was from a workshop in...

Moses Simbwa, a resident of Jinja whose images have been flooding the media especially on social media with severe injuries on both his legs has raised several debates after revealing information emerges. Some social media users have argued that Simbwa’s appearance in Nairobi and being paraded by National Unity Platform (NUP) as a torture victim is a fabrication as many know him to be an accident victim. Faruk Kirunda, the Deputy Presidential Press Secretary, on 26th November 2022 tweeted, “They say...

Old Kampala hospital that was put in the limelight by Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago’s unfounded lies, has threatened legal action against Lukwago and his client Faisal Kabanda if an apology is not issued to the hospital. According to the hospital management, the lies that were spread through Lukwago’s Facebook page on 11th October 2022, and other news outlets, about an illegal harvest of Kabanda’s kidney by the hospital surgeon were unfounded and based on falsehoods. Old Kampala Hospital Spokesperson, Ashiraf Zziwa...

Today, Wednesday 23rd November 2022 at around 4am, a Police officer on duty foiled an attempted attack on Nakulabye Police station.  The Police station almost came under attack after an unidentified armed person approached the Police station from the western wing, but the Police officer on duty spotted him and acted first by discharging bullets at the assailant forcing the attacker to flee leaving behind an AK47 and a Magazine with five rounds of ammunition. The guard on duty called and...

Joint Security Agencies are investigating the violent attack on a Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) mini checkpoint that leads to Gaddafi Barracks main gate in Jinja by a group of armed assailants. A group of armed assailants killed a UPDF officer who was manning the mini checkpoint at around 9:00pm yesterday 17th November and robbed two guns. According to the Police Spokesman SCP Fred Enanga, the deceased was identified as Sgt. Eyamu Simon Peter aged 45 and the second gun belonged...

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is set to train senior State Attorneys on how to handle cases related to human trafficking. The training follows various complaints raised to the office of the DPP where the suspects of human trafficking have been arrested and victims feared to bear witness in the courts of law for lack of protection. “The training is meant to take place in Kampala for one week.  It will help to curb the vice that had escalated in...