Security & Crime Investigation

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 intervene in the continuous theft of their boat engines in Lyabana...

Customer Turns Killer: Bar Owner Stabbed to Death in Masaka district

A female bar owner has been brutally stabbed to death by a drunkard in Masaka district. This tragic incident...

Equity Bank Fraud: Managing Director and 8 Staff Members Charged with Defrauding the Bank of over UGX 65 Billion

Uganda police working with the Equity Bank’s anti-fraud team have so far charged the Managing Director Onyango Kennedy...

NEMA Halts Nakiyanja Wetland Encroachment in Wakiso

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) working with the Ministry of Water and Environment, and the Environment Protection...

Newly Born Female Twin goes missing in Koboko; Hospital staff suspected

The Territorial Police in West Nile Region and Koboko CPS, are investigating the theft of a newly born...

Seven Senior Police Officers Accused alongside Kale Kayihura Freed at last

Charges against seven senior police officers previously accused alongside former police chief Rtd. Gen Kale Kayihura have been dropped on March 5th, 2024. The charges included aiding and abetting the kidnap of Rwandan refugees and failing to protect war materials. The freed officers include the former Director of Crime Inteligence Col Ndahura Atwooki, ACP Herbert Muhangi, SSP Nixon Agasirwe, Richard Ndaboine, Patrick Muramira, Jonas Ayebaza a former PA to Kayihura and Muyomba Kitagenda. According to Col Ndahura Atwooki while speaking to...

23-Year-Old Woman Killed After Refusing Husband’s Conjugal Rights

Police in West Nile have arrested Agunda James 48, a resident of Obaru cell, Ombokolo ward, Arua District in connection to the murder of his wife Chandiru Judith 23, over denial of conjugal rights. According to a statement by SCP Fred Enanga, the Uganda police spokesperson, dated March 4th, 2024, the couple had been sharing their bed but abstaining from sexual relations due to the wife's accusation of her husband's extramarital affairs. On the night of March 1st, 2024, a...

Nakaseke Police Rescue Kidnapped School Children; Hunt for Suspects Continues

Nakaseke Police successfully rescued two kidnapped school children and are currently conducting a manhunt for the suspects involved. The children, Phiona Tusingwire (4 years old) and Patience Tarindeka (5 years old), were reportedly abducted by a casual worker known as Sande from their home in Nakaseke district. According to SCP Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, Sande was entrusted with the responsibility of transporting the children to Apex Model Primary School in Kyankwanzi district on March 1, 2024. Under the pretense...

Police Officer Detained After Shooting in Kole District, Investigation Underway

The territorial police in Kole District are holding and investigating PPC Mugisa Eliot aged 24, a police officer attached to Alemi Police Post in Kole District on allegations of shooting dead one Obura Daniel aged 28 from Bala Town Council. According to a statement released on February 26, 2024, SP PJ Okema the Public Relations Officer for the North Kyoga Region Police stated that the incident occurred on February 26, 2024, at around 1:44 pm. “It's alleged that on 26th Feb...

Police Officer Wanted for Murder of Civilian in Alebtong

The Alebtong District Police have launched a manhunt for ASP Moses Acaye following the murder of Simon Omona, a 24-year-old resident of Lulayi village. In a statement issued on February 26, 2024, SCP Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson, revealed details about the crime committed by Acaye. The incident took place on February 20, 2024, at approximately 11:00 am. The motive behind the heinous act appears to be a revenge killing, as Acaye sought retribution for the murder of his brother, Opio...

Police Releases a Statement on the Assassination of Head of Ndiga Clan Bbosa, Assailants Murdered by Mob

The Police statement on February 26, 2034, regarding the tragic assassination of Eng. Daniel Lwomwa Bbosa, the esteemed Head of the Ndiga Clan in Buganda Kingdom. Mr. Bbosa was gruesomely murdered by unidentified assailants while on a motorcycle on Sunday evening. The incident took place in the Kikandwa Zone of Lungujja Parish, Lubaga Division. According to the official press statement released by ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, during the brutal attack, a courageous local resident bravely intervened, knocking down the assailants' motorcycle...