Security & Crime Investigation

Man Arrested at Kisenyi Bus Terminal with Gun and Explosives

Police in Old Kampala have apprehended a 40-year-old man found in possession of a sub-machine gun, live ammunition, and other suspicious items at Kisenyi Bus Terminal. The suspect, identified...

Two Suspects Arraigned Over PDM Funds Mismanagement In Bududa

Two individuals have been brought before a court in Bududa District on charges related to the mishandling of...

Unidentified Body Found in Kabale Swamp: Police Investigate Murder

Police in Kigezi are looking into the murder of an unidentified man whose body was found in a...

UPDF Strongly Condemns the Devastating Shooting in Amolatar District

The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has expressed deep sorrow and condemned the tragic shooting of Thirumalesh Etikala,...

NUP’s Mwiru Grabs Kyabazinga Radio, Sparks Community Outrage

Paul Mwiru, the former Jinja East Member of Parliament on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket who...

How Gas Cylinder-Like Object Exploded Killing 2 People In Mbarara

Security in Mbarara city have revealed the circumstances under which a gas cylinder like object exploded and killed two people leaving one severely wounded. Yesterday 30 /11/ 2021at roughly 11:45am, a suspected bomb in a cylinder shell exploded and killed one Bumbakar kasinde alias Baker and another one only identified as Husein who were trying to cut it for scrap. It also seriously injured John Tumwebaze the owner of that scrap collecting place in Agip cell (China Town), Nyamityobora ward, Kakoba...

UPDF Accurately Wipes Out ADF Terror Bases At Dawn Strikes

The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces says the airstrikes and artillery fire aimed at ADF camps left a devastating toll. The joint pursuit for the ADF by the UPDF and the Congolese military targeted Nobili, Kamango, and Watalinga in North Kivu Province of eastern Congo. The Defense and army spokesperson Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso said in a statement that “targets were accurately hit”. 'At least four ADF camps have been overrun by joint forces. They include MadinaI and II, Katanda and Mashini in...

Another ADF Terrorist Netted In Security Swoop In Kajjansi With Bombs

The Joint Intelligence and Counter Terror Task Teams, have arrested another member of the ADF terror cell, and recovered an assortment of terror related exhibits. The suspect identified as Isma Kiyemba, is a 24-year-old, male adult and resident of Makandwa village, Kajjansi Town Council, in Wakiso District, who was tracked down and arrested using advanced surveillance techniques. Fred Enanga the police spokesperson says upon arrest, he led the team to a search at his premises at Kajjansi, where an assortment of...

UPDF Strikes ADF Rebel Bases In Eastern DRC

Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) says today Tuesday morning it conducted air strikes on the Allied Democratic Forces bases in the Beni, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the brief statement posted on the army and defense spokesperson official twitter handle, UPDF and FARDC conducted joint air and artillery strikes against the ADF camps. These operations are coordinated jointly with the "allies", which are the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), says Army and defense spokesperson Brig...

TERROR SCARE: Security Minister Calls For Security Vigilance In Public Places

Government has called for critical security vigilance in all public places amidst heightened operation against terrorists in the country. Uganda has recorded repeated terrorism attacks in the recent months leading to the death of about nine innocent civilians. The recent one was two weeks ago when suspected suicide bombers blew themselves during the twin bomb blasts in Kampala. Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi, the minister of security said on Monday that whereas the war against terrorism has continued to record successes, there is...

DR.Congo Clears UPDF To Crash ADF Terrorists From Eastern Congo

The plan by the Uganda government to hunt down the Allied Democratic Forces from their hide outs in the Eastern Congo has reached final stage after obtaining a formal green light from the Congolese government. On Sunday, a security source revealed that Congolese, President Felix Tshisekedi had considered the request and granted permission allowing UPDF troops to enter the country’s war-ravaged region to conduct combat operations against the rebels blamed for carrying out terrorism in the region. According to a source,...