Security & Crime Investigation

Police in Buikwe district are holding a Prison warder attached to Bugungu Government Prison for shooting two colleagues dead. The suspect has been identified as Jacob Otim, 28 according to the Prison Spokesperson, Frank Baine. Baine said that the suspect on Monday obtained a gun for general duties only to head to the Sentry and shot dead a wardress identified as Eunice Abwot. He noted that on hearing gunshot, the second Sentry, Warder Namanya Edward came to establish the cause of shooting,...

Police in Mityana District have arrested a suspected criminal over kidnapping a one-day baby from Mityana hospital Premises on 25th October 2022. According to Racheal Kawala, the Region Police Spokesperson, the suspect is identified as Prossy Nakalanzi, a 40-year-old resident of Kasambya village in Kikandwa Sub-County, Mityana District. Kawala said that Nakalanzi was arrested on October, 26th from a friend’s home identified as Costa Nanfuka a resident of Kyengeza village in Malangala Sub-County, Mityana District after being tracked down by Police...

Police in Wakiso district have arrested one person for allegedly being in possession of military attire. Two other suspects are on the run over the same offense. The suspect in custody has been identified as Arthur Kayima, a resident of Maganjo-Kawempe. Kawempe police noted that the suspect is a known scrap dealer within Kawempe. Those at large have been identified as Julius Musirise and Hassan, both residents of Sekyana Zone, Kagoma-Soweto in Kawempe, Wakiso District. ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police...

Police have announced that they are hunting for a section of National Unity Platform-NUP activists for attacking and assaulting an NRM cadre during the funeral of Jakana Nadduli in Kapeeka on Monday. Jakana, a son to the former Minister Nadduli, died on October 24, 2012, at their ancestral home in Kadunda village, Kisimula parish, Kapeeka sub county, Nakaseke District. However, his funeral, which was proceeding smoothly with tributes to the late, was later disrupted by NUP activists chanting party slogans at...

Shock and shame have befallen National Unity Platform following hooliganism exhibited by its supporters at the burial of Hajji Naduli’s son when they attacked a reknown NRM mobilizer Mr. Majembere Mpologoma. Majembere who was attending the burial like any other mourners was dangerously attacked assaulted by a gang of NUP youth who were clad in red overalls with NUP symbols. In a video that is circulating on social media, Majembere is seen trying to flee from the NUP attackers but the...

A police detective has been arrested in Napak district for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. The suspect has been identified as Joseph Odeke, the Officer in Charge of Criminal Investigations at Iriiri police station.  Odeke was picked up on Sunday, according to Michael Longole, the Moroto Region Police Spokesperson.  Longole noted that the officer allegedly defiled the victim, a pupil at Kapuwat Primary School in Iriiri Sub-County in August this year.  He says the suspect will be arraigned in court as soon as...