A senior police officer, who participated in the hunt for the poachers in Murchison National Park particularly in Oyam and Nwoya, says CID resolved to handover Ongom to UPDF after investigations indicated that he is a military deserter.
Read more ...A senior narcotics investigator said on black market a kilogram of heroine on average costs 10,000 United States Dollars. This means 123kg of heroine seized last year were valued 4.5 billion shillings.
Read more ...CID and UPDF team led by Col Allan Kyagungu, head of National Task Force for Wildlife and ACP Francis Olugu, head of General Crimes Investigations, have recovered the guns in the districts of Nwoya and Oyam.
Read more ...According to the source, the suspects received Shillings 1million and were demanding a balance of one million.
Read more ...In his December 3rd, 2019 letter to Christine Guwatudde Kintu, the Permanent Secretary in OPM, Ecweru noted that Bafaki wasn’t suitable to manage the World Bank funded Development Response to Displacement Impact Project because of his tainted profile.
Read more ...Maj Bizimana, said they were yet to receive any request from Gen Kayihura or his legal team seeking permission to go and attend the burial of his mother, Catherine Tibemanya Mukarwamo aged 92, who died in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
Read more ...In August 2018, Ochola revamped the Flying Squad Unit –FSU and placed it under the direct supervision of the Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID led by AIGP Grace Akullo. He directed CID to screen all personnel in the unit, which saw 40 out of 120 personnel dropped.
Read more ...The Criminal Investigations Directorate registered 4,718 cases of murder last year which was a 4.9 per cent increase compared to 4,497 cases in 2018. Akullo states that the motives behind the killings were land wrangles, people taking the law into their hands, family misunderstandings, crimes of passion and business rivalry.
Read more ...When contacted, ACP Olugu confirmed that he was in Murchison National Park particularly in Nwoya district for investigations related to poaching. However, Olugu declined to divulge details of cases being followed and number of suspects they are targeting.
Read more ...“At least 187 incidents resulted from negligence in 2019. This was followed by charcoal stoves/candle wax with 170 incidents, electrical short circuit with 91 incidents while electrical appliances left unattended to registered 87 incidents,” Mugisha says.
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