The resolution to evict the occupants was reached during a security meeting held on Tuesday where it was discovered that the lock-ups have been rented out to locals who use them as residential houses.
Read more ...The deployment is part of the deal signed on September 9, 2022, between President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo and East Africa Community member states to flash M23 rebels out of DRC's Ituri, North and South Kivu Provinces.
Read more ...DFS has also linked three of the eight guns recovered on Christmas Day from the home of Ali Katende alias Mao at Nyendo –Mukungwe division to the murders of security guards in Kampala, Wakiso, and Iganga districts.
Read more ...Anda says she was raped by Ugandan Pastor Joseph Collins Twahirwa of the Bugolobi-based Epikaizo Ministries International. Anda said, in a statement at the Criminal Investigations Directorate, that she was invited to Uganda by Twahirwa and arrived at the suspect’s home in Bugolobi on December 12, 2022.
Read more ...Grace Matsiko, a security analyst and chairman of The Uganda Private Security Association -TUPSA, says that trouble started when Abitex Promotions hired unskilled guards commonly known as bouncers to manage crowds in the inner rings.
Read more ...Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto Regional police spokesperson Identified the victim as Lokut Akoi,20, a resident of Nabata village, loam parish, Loreng sub-county in Nakapiripirit district.
Read more ...The Balaalo with more than 2,000 heads of cattle were chased away by the residents of Ongongoja on Wednesday January 11, 2023 over struggle for pastures and water for the animals. The residents also accused the Balaalo of interfering with their economic and agricultural activities when they failed to manage animals.
Read more ...Micheal Longole, the Karamoja regional Police spokesperson said the guns were recovered after a tip off by concerned community members in Abim district. He said the rustlers took the guns from soldiers whom they attacked and killed last Friday.
Read more ...The Detective Assistant Inspector James Barya said most of those who died abroad were women and young men illegally taken out of the country with promises of getting well paying jobs.
Read more ...The councilor representing Zombo town council in Zombo district, Joram Mike Anyolitho has identified the deceased as Patrick Ungeyuwun, a resident of Uwope cell in Zombo town council.
Read more ...Brig Gen Joseph Balikudembe, the UPDF 3rd division commander confirmed the incident saying the forces who were on their way to track stolen cows were ambushed by suspected warriors who killed one of them before taking his gun.
Read more ...Committee scrutiny unearthed inconsistencies in the budget for the Ministry and consequently, Chairperson Nyakikongoro tasked Edith Buturo, the Defense Ministry’s Under Secretary, to explain the inconsistencies.
Read more ...A breakdown by the Traffic Police shows that 35 lives were lost between December 30, 2022, and January 1, 2023, 55 were lost between December 23 and December 26, and another 81 died between December 4 and December 10. The country also lost 82 people between December 11 and December 16, according to Traffic Police Spokesperson Faridah Nampiima.
Read more ...The East African Community confirmed on Thursday that Uhuru Kenyatta and Bertrand Bisimwa with other M23 political and military officials held a meeting in Kenya.
Read more ...Lucy Lotyang, a mother of seven children who are currently spending cold nights under the tree with her children appealed to the government and well-wishers to avail them with aid to help her to rebuild their house.
Read more ...It is alleged that the assailants armed with two guns and machetes raided the home on when the victims were asleep.
Read more ...Patrick Onyango, the Kampala metropolitan Police spokesperson, said the intelligence team had been briefed that Kayemba was assigned to target convoys of government and security officials.
Read more ...The decision to chase the Balaalo herdsmen away stems from concerns in Ongongoja over the alleged interference with the economic and agricultural activities in the area. According to Joseph Ecuman, the District Councilor representing Ongongoja sub county, most of the people in the sub county have lost crops in the gardens to the Balaalo cattle which are not proper managed.
Read more ...Ibrahim Kitenda, the LC II chairperson of Ngandu Ward says his office only registered cases of petty crimes such as stealing items left outside houses and snatching of telephones last year but they have already registered over twenty cases of burglary involving injuring residents this month alone.
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