Security & Crime Investigation

Widower Hacked to Death: Orphaned Child Left Behind, Police Seek Killers

Police in Gomba district are investigating circumstances under which a 35-year-old man was hacked to death by unidentified killers. This gruesome incident happened on May 14, 2024, at night in...

Police Investigate Panga-Wielding Incident of Attempted Murder at Maize Millers Office

Natete police are currently investigating an alarming incident of attempted murder where a man wielding a panga (machete)...

Witch Doctor Arrested for Defiling 5 Girls including His Daughters

A 43-year-old witch doctor identified as Swaibu Murundi a resident of Butamba Kayabwe town council in Mpigi has...

Over 70 Suspects Arrested in Connection to Stone-Throwing Incidents Along Northern Bypass

The Uganda Police have arrested over 70 suspects in connection to paver (stone) throwing along the Northern Bypass...

Continuous Boat Engine Thefts Threaten Buvuma Island Fishermen’s Livelihoods and Safety

Fishermen along the borders of Kenya and Tanzania in the Buvuma Islands have called upon the government to...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 236 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 14, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Deputy Speaker Tayebwa vouches for non-tariff barriers for enhanced trade 📌The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) member states to remove all non-tariff barriers saying that they are a hindrance to the entry of goods especially from developing countries. He was addressing the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Manama, Bahrain.  Tayebwa challenged the developed world to work with developing countries to add value to their products citing that “sometimes...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 236 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 14, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Education Minister challenges NCHE to routinely monitor learning institutions 📌The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni has challenged the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) to routinely monitor higher institutions of learning to ensure maximum quality.  The Minister urged the Council to be vigilant in upholding education quality standards in the country citing that the the liberalisation of the education sector came with many players opening up higher institutions of learning. She was speaking...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 234 🇸 🇺 🇳 🇩 🇦 🇾 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 12, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 North Kigezi's Bishop Onesmus Asiimwe consecrated 📌Rt Rev Onesmus Asiimwe has Sunday been consecrated the 6th Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese at Emmanuel Cathedral in Kinyasano, Rukungiri Municipality.  The consecration ceremony was led by the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Dr Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, and the former archbishop Henry Luke Orombi who was the day's preacher. Vice President Jessica Alupo represented President Yoweri Museveni who is on a three-day State visit in Algeria. 🇺🇬 Archbishop...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 227 🇸 🇺 🇳 🇩 🇦 🇾 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 05, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 KCCA resettles Kyanja City hawkers 📌City hawkers who have been congesting road sides of Kyanja, a Kampala suburb have been resettled by Kampala City Council authorities to a modernized area in Nazareth zone along Hajj. Alimiya Sujjabi Road. This follows KCCA's program  of the Smart City Campaign to provide decent and smart work spaces for all City dwellers to improve livelihoods and foster economic development. 🇺🇬 Minister Musenero commends Private Sector strategy to go digital 📌Minister of Science,...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 226 🇸 🇦 🇹 🇺 🇷 🇩 🇦 🇾 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 04, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 President Museveni re echoes need for African unity to solve Security challenges 📌President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has received H.E Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, the President of the Togolese Republic who is on an official visit to Uganda. The two Presidents discussed Security challenges in Africa and shared experiences in dealing with them. President Museveni re echoed that Africa should come together and find solutions for her challenges because "these challenges are solvable." “The Security challenges we face in...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 225 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 03, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 URA intercepts Somali nationals sneaking Shs 500M into the country 📌The Uganda Revenue Authority has intercepted three Somali nationals at the Uganda- South Sudan border of Oraba for failing to declare Ugx500 Million while travelling into the country. The three are Hassan Hussein, Guhad Ismael, and Abdirahman Farah. Philip Ofubo, the URA customs officer said that intelligence reports of a Somali group routinely crossing the border with huge sums of cash led to their interception...