Special Investigations

Over 80 Children Rescued from Suspected Child Trafficking Scheme in Mayuge

The Uganda Police has rescued 83 children between the ages of 5 and 15 from a suspected trafficking scheme operating in Wabulugu Magamaga town council, located in the Mayuge...

Muntu Secretly Visits Bobi Wine’s Home, Cautions NUP about Besigye’s Deceitful Actions

Mugisha Muntu, the leader of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), paid a private visit to Robert Kyagulanyi,...

How Mps Connived with Law Firms to Defraud Cooperatives’ Compensation Money

In a shocking revelation, the report released by the sectoral committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industry highlights the...

Police Issues Statement Regarding Two Separate Blasts around Kampala

Police in Kampala has reported to responding to two separate incidents in the district that were of concern...

URA Mbale Enforcement Team Closes Consolidation Centers, Seizes Smuggled Goods

The Mbale, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement team has closed off several consolidation centers in the areas of...

Over 80 Children Rescued from Suspected Child Trafficking Scheme in Mayuge

The Uganda Police has rescued 83 children between the ages of 5 and 15 from a suspected trafficking scheme operating in Wabulugu Magamaga town council, located in the Mayuge district. This operation unveiled a disturbing scene at an unregistered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) named Namu Mission Uganda. During a press briefing held at the police headquarters in Naguru on February 5, 2024, Police spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga disclosed the details of the rescue operation. The children were found confined in a...

Muntu Secretly Visits Bobi Wine’s Home, Cautions NUP about Besigye’s Deceitful Actions

Mugisha Muntu, the leader of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), paid a private visit to Robert Kyagulanyi, more commonly known as Bobi Wine, at his home in Magere. During their closed-door meeting, Muntu delivered a stern cautionary message to Bobi Wine, urging him to think twice before forming a coalition with Kizza Besigye and putting his trust in him. Muntu labeled Besigye as a deceitful man, warning against believing everything he says when it comes to coalition-building and the...

How Mps Connived with Law Firms to Defraud Cooperatives’ Compensation Money

In a shocking revelation, the report released by the sectoral committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industry highlights the involvement of Members of Parliament, lawyers, and  Trade ministry officials in defrauding cooperative unions of a staggering 164 billion shillings. During the investigation, the committee discovered that Odongo Otto and Company Advocates, imposed on the East Acholi cooperatives by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) officials, mishandled the funds. Allen Acheng, the chairperson of the union, testified that the law firm...

Police Issues Statement Regarding Two Separate Blasts around Kampala

Police in Kampala has reported to responding to two separate incidents in the district that were of concern to the populace. ASP Luke Owoyesigyire Deputy Public Relations Officer for Kampala Metropolitan Police, in a statement released December 3,2023, has said that Police responded to two separate blasts yesterday night December 2,2023. According to Owoyesigyire, at about 9pm December 2,2023, in Mayor, Kabalagala parish Makindye Division a business premise belonging to Joy Nakasanga aged 23 years , specializing in frying chips experienced...

URA Mbale Enforcement Team Closes Consolidation Centers, Seizes Smuggled Goods

The Mbale, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement team has closed off several consolidation centers in the areas of Pallisa, Butebo for possession of smuggled items. According to Godson Mwesigye, the URA Manager of Enforcement Operations in Mbale, they recovered 50 cartons of wheat flour and 30 bags of rice from Kenya. Mwesigye said that after the discovery, the team moved to Mbale and Bukwo, where they recovered 23 tyres of the Ling Long brand from China from a mini store along...

Teenager Burns Self to Death in Boyfriends House, Cause Under Investigation

The territorial police in Mityana district are currently investigating a tragic incident that occurred yesterday evening November 13, 2023 involving a suspected case of suicide. According to Rachel Kawala, the spokesperson for Wamala Police, a female teenager whose identity is yet to be confirmed, tragically burned herself to death in her boyfriend's rented house in the Kivunikide, Bufundi division. “Preliminary findings indicate the unidentified juvenile burned herself to death at the rented room of her boyfriend, who has been identified as...