The number of people dying in road accidents in Jinja district has risen. The Jinja district traffic officer Dickson Rugundana said seven deaths were reported last month higher that the two deaths in September. A total of twenty five accidents occurred in Jinja in October with six being fatal, thirteen serious and six minor. Rugundana […]
The police are to establish a police booth at Zainab Aziz plaza. This is in reaction to a traders’ demonstration this morning over insecurity. This was resolved in a meeting held at MM plaza between the police, traders of Zainab Aziz plaza and the owner of the building MatovuMansoor. Regional Police Commander James Ruhweza pledged […]
The police have unearthed more rot in the public service relating to the ghost pension scam. According to the police spokesperson Judith Nabakooba, a total 945 photos attached to the accounts in Cairo International Bank have irregularities. Nabakooba says some of the photos appear more than three times on different accounts and some names do not […]
The Police is to deploy 200 police officers in the areas of Kakiri, masulita Namayumba and kikandwa in Wakiso district where there have been gruesome murders. The Kampala metropolitan police commander Andrew Felix kaweesi while addressing residents and local leaders in these areas says, that the officers will help in investigating the ongoing crime in Wakiso district and the surround areas. He […]
The Police in Mpigi have arrested 5 people for alleged possession of counterfeit money worth 5.7million shillings. These were intercepted at Buwama Mpigi on their way to Mbarara with 20,000 and 50,000 counterfeit notes The police spokesman equator region, Phillip Mukasa says they acted after receiving intelligence information that the suspects were heading to Mbarara […]
Police has arrested 2 suspected terrorists. The duo was travelling aboard a jaguar bus registration UAN 966O that was coming from Democratic republic of Congo through Kigali to Kampala. The Regional Police Commander South western Martin Abilu confirmed the arrest saying that the two are of Eritrean origin. They have been transferred to Kampala for […]
Police says the city business Tycoon Desh Kananura who is being hunted for allegedly beating to death one of his workers is still in the country. The Police commander Kiira-Road Police station Robert Walugembe says the suspect has not yet escaped from the country as reports indicate. He says police is still hunting for him […]
Police have today arrested several opposition leaders who attempted to launch another phase of their civil defiance campaign. Those arrested include FDC’s Kiiza Besigye, City lord mayor Elias Lukwago and his deputy as well as the 4GC coordinator Mathias Mpuuga. The members of the opposition under the For God and My Country pressure group had […]
Police in Kampala on Wednesday tear gassed casual workers at UGACOF in Bweyogerere. The police accused the UGACOF workers of using their constitutional right to hold a sit down strike demanding for an increase in their salaries, honoraria and wages. Although the cost of living in Kampala is too high, the management of UGACOF pays […]
The police have started investigations into the reported corruption at the National Planning Authority. The probe follows reports of gross mismanagement of public funds and illegal recruitment of workers at the National Planning Authority. The police probe preliminary reports indicates that the authority has been conducting irregular repair of vehicles without following the proper […]