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...

BOBI WINE UNDER DECLARED HIS ARMORED CAR  IN TOTAL DISREGARD OF THE LAW- URA

URA Customs Department Manager, Geoffrey Balamaga has said Kyagulanyi’s vehicle was declared to customs as an ordinary vehicle and not an armoured one, and therefore, less taxes were paid for it. “Armored vehicles are restricted items under the Customs law and the law regulating the Uganda People’s Defence Forces and requires special permission to import or own and thus it would only be proper if the applicant(Kyagulanyi) cooperates with the respondent (URA) to clarify on and clear the matter as...

Bobi Wine, Stop Capitalizing on Criminality for Political Mileage: Truth Behind Ronald Segawa, Kampala’s Notorious Criminal Allegedly Kidnapped By Security

Ronald Segawa is a mobile phone thief operating on a motor cycle. Segawa escaped death by mob justice. On the evening of 29th January 2021 (Friday), one Ssegawa Ronald aged 22 years, a resident of Bishop Mukwaya Village in Bwaise Kawempe Division and his colleague whose identity is yet to be established, escaped death by a mob in Kansanga in Makindye Division Kampala District. The two were moving on a motor cycle and attempted to snatch a mobile phone from...

DGF SUSPENSION: UGANDA NOT A HUB FOR MULTI NATIONAL SCAM FACILITIES

By AKAMPA Tanbull Well, I know some of my colleagues from Civil society as well as opposition political parties will fume further because of this bitter truth about the  Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) whose activities have been suspended by the President of Uganda, Mr Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa. This has been a topic of discussion through out the week on both social media and mainstream media as well presented on the floor of Parliament. Most Civil society activists have argued basing on...

Commentary: Fr. Mugisha’s abuse of the Pulpit in partisan Politics is Dangerous

By Faruk Kirunda Rev. Fr. Richard Mugisha of Nativity of Our Lady Bisanje parish launched a scathing attack on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in general and individuals in government in particular. A clip circulated on social media showing the cleric spitting fire during a sermon. First of all, it is okay to criticise government, or any institution or person, for that matter. When something is not going very correctly, any citizen can come up and point out what is amiss or...

If it was Safe, No one would attract larger crowds than Me – President Museveni

President Yoweri Museveni has boasted that no other political party or presidential candidate would have attracted huge crowds like the NRM if the Corona Virus pandemic wasn't in our face. The President while addressing a select group of party leaders for the Lango-sub region at Olili Primary School in Apac District yesterday reaffirmed that he will not be tempted into conducting public rallies or hold processions because it would endanger the public in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said...

WE SHALL KILL YOUR FAMILY IF YOU STAND AGAINST BOBI WINE – NUP TO DP’s MAO

Democratic Party (DP) President and Presidential Hopeful Nobert Mao has blasted National Unity Platform (NUP) members who have sent him messages threatening to kill his family members if he does not leave the opposition to their leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Nobert Mao has unabatingly responded to the threats by advising the people power radicals to take time and listen to their 'idol' Bobi Wines song "obululu tebutwawula". According to the group, Mao's candidature reduces their candidate’s chances and divides the Opposition...