Security

Manhunt Ends as Teenager is Arrested for Dismemberment, Murder of Nansana Resident

Kampala Metropolitan Police have arrested a teen who brutally murdered a woman from Nansana in Wakiso district. The suspect has been identified as Daniel Sematimba, aged 17 and a resident...

UPDF and Zimbabwean Defence Forces Agree to Increase Collaboration on Regional Security

The Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have agreed to enhance their collaboration....

US and Uganda Strengthen Collaboration for Peace Resolutions

The United States and Uganda have announced their continued commitment to collective collaboration. The U.S. Ambassador to Uganda,...

Police Launch Manhunt for Husband Who Hacked Wife to Death in Mayuge District

The Uganda Police Force in Busoga East is on a manhunt for a 55-year-old man who hacked his...

UPDF Commander Under ATMIS Urges Jiddo, Garre Clans to Ceasefire and Reconcile

Colonel Topher Magino, the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) Commander of Battle Group 40 under the African Union...

Security cautions leaders against politicizing Kasese ADF Attack

Security has warned political leaders to desist from reckless utterances regarding attacks by the Allied Democratic Terrorists in Kasese. SCP Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson issued the warning on Monday, June 26, 2023, during a weekly security media brief held at Naguru police headquarters. Enanga trashed statements faulting the joint security team for responding late to pursue a section of ADF rebels who had attacked Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe Town Council, killing 37 students instantly. According to Enanga,...

Government Tips on Identifying Human Trafficking Victims

Observation, listening to conversations, physical appearance, and body language are some of the techniques for identifying a victim in the trafficking of persons. While addressing the media on the state of security in the country, Deputy National Co-ordinator for Prevention of Trafficking of Persons from the Ministry of Internal Affairs Derick Basalirwa Kigenyi revealed that with observation, a person can easily identify patterns and conduct of people, which creates intuition to detect some wrong. According to Kigenyi, listening to conversations is...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 335 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 JUNE 22, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Fox Odoi Proposes Restricting DNA Testing to Protect Children 📌 https://explorer.co.ug/fox-odoi-proposes-restricting-dna-testing-to-protect-children/ 🇺🇬 Africans to Solve African problems 📌 https://explorer.co.ug/africans-to-solve-african-problems-uganda-drc-dynamic-strength-key-to-addressing-regional-security-needs/ 🇺🇬 SPORTS: NCS junks claims of denying She-Cranes access to Lugogo Indoor Stadium 📌 https://explorer.co.ug/ncs-trashes-claims-of-denying-she-cranes-access-to-lugogo-indoor-stadium/ 🇺🇬 Judiciary postpones Justice Stella Arach-Amoko's burial as family disagrees on her final resting place 📌The Judiciary has postponed the burial of late Justice Stella Arach-Amoko from Friday, June 23, 2023, to a later date that shall be communicated after the family agrees on the burial ground...

Uganda hosts a delegation from Nigeria’s top Security Studies Institute

The Deputy Chief of Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu, hosted a delegation from the Nigeria's National Institute of Security Studies at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Mbuya, who are presently enrolled in an Executive Intelligence Management Course at the Institute in Abuja. Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu stated that the relationship between Uganda and Nigeria should not be taken for granted due to the similarities between the threats posed by the Allied Democratic Forces and Boko Haram militants. In his...

Police are Stuck with Recovered Suspected Stolen Cows at Old Kampala

The police in Old Kampala are stuck with two suspected stolen cows and appeal to the public to coordinate with them to identify the owners of the cows in their hands. "The police at Old Kampala are currently in possession of two suspected stolen cows and are seeking assistance from the public in identifying the rightful owners," Luke Owoyesigyire the deputy police spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday. According to Owoyesigyire, on June 7, 2023, the Police received valuable...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 332 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 19, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Mass ID registration and renewal to commence in August 📌 The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has said that Mass ID registration is to begin this August including mass renewal for those of 2014 and 2015 whose IDs are about to expire. According to Osborne Mushabe, the NIRA Public Relations and Corporate Affairs Manager, the Minister of Internal affairs Kahinda Otafire will next month address the public in accordance with section 56 of the...