Stories :: Category: Security :: Accepted date: September 2022

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• UPDF Transfers 313 Suspected Karimojong Rustlers to Agago

  17 Sep 2022, 07:55 Comments 540 Views Security Human rights Crime Updates

  While flagging off three trucks transporting the suspects from Kotido Central Police Station to Agago on Friday, Brig. Joseph Balikudembe, the UPDF 3rd division commander, said the suspects will be screened before they appear in court. He said those who will be found innocent will be transported back to Kotido while those with a criminal record will face the law.

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• One Beaten to Death, Three Critically Wounded over Cattle Theft in Bukwo

  16 Sep 2022, 12:18 Comments 769 Views Bukwo, Uganda Crime Security Breaking news

  "We managed to save three from the mob, but they are in critical condition at the health facility in Bukwo" said the Sipi regional police spokesperson, Fredmark Chesang.

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• Security Uncovers 28 Illegal Cattle Markets in Karamoja

  16 Sep 2022, 08:31 Comments 537 Views Moroto Hotel, Kampala, Uganda Business and finance Crime Security Updates

  The Commander of the Anti-stock Theft Unit in Karamoja Erias Kasirabo told URN that several cattle rustlers and a few traders were avoiding the gazetted cattle markets and instead operating from illegal markets to evade arrest

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• You Must Pay NSSF for Private Security Guards, Police Tells Companies

  15 Sep 2022, 18:46 Comments 508 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  Ssebambulidde explained that without a document showing monthly remuneration of NSSF from the time the license was acquired or last renewed, no PSO will be allowed to continue operating. PSOs apply for renewal of their licenses every year, thus Ssebambulidde said, defaulting on NSSF means such a company has kicked itself from the business.

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• Army Arrests 200 Suspected Rustlers In Day's Operation in Kotido

  15 Sep 2022, 16:43 Comments 479 Views Security Human rights Crime Updates

  Addressing journalists at the 3rd Division headquarters in Moroto municipality on Thursday, Brig. Joseph Balikudembe, said the suspects have been transferred to Agago and Otuke districts where they will face the law.

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• Police Retrieve Body of 20-Year-Old Man Who Drowned in Floods

  15 Sep 2022, 15:30 Comments 526 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  Ibrahim Lukwago drowned in the afternoon hours but efforts by the police and residents to search for the body were futile as the amount of water kept increasing throughout the night.

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• Parental Negligence, Poverty Driving Youth into Crime in Gulu City

  15 Sep 2022, 14:28 Comments 533 Views Gulu, Uganda Northern Human rights Security Updates

  Gulu City has lately seen a surge in crimes with the majority of perpetrators according to security personnel and local leaders being teenage gangs locally known as “Aguu”.

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• Increasing Cases of Theft in Lweza Worry Residents

  15 Sep 2022, 14:11 Comments 390 Views Mukono, Uganda Crime Security Editorial

  According to Ssendi, most cases include housebreaking and snatching personal effects of night travelers. He says that most of the suspects behind the thefts rent within the localities where they commit crimes.

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• Woman in Viral Shoplifting Video Arrested

  15 Sep 2022, 09:07 Comments 678 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  The incident took place at Pentagon Plaza which is located at the former Qualicel Bus park opposite the New Taxi Park. The shop attendant opened a case at New Taxi Park police post and later on at CPS. Mugerwa indicated that the bundle of money that was stolen by Unaneza had one million shillings

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• 19- Year Old Beats His Mother to Death for Being a Drunkard

  15 Sep 2022, 08:55 Comments 698 Views Oyam, Uganda Crime Security Northern Updates

  Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Police Spokesperson says Olwi has been arrested and detained at Oyam Central Police Station as the file is being compiled for submission to Resident Chief State Attorney for perusal and advice before arraigning him in court on charges of murder.

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• More Than 1,000 DRC Nationals Undecided about Returning Home

  15 Sep 2022, 05:22 Comments 629 Views Bundibugyo, Uganda Security Updates

  More than 13,000 Congolese refugees crossed into the district during that time, running for dear life after the Allied Democratic Forces attacked their villages.

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• Security Apprehends Driver, Conductor Linked to Northern Bypass Taxi Robberies

  14 Sep 2022, 17:13 Comments 414 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  The dou was picked up in a joint security operation following a robbery attack on Hadijah Nasejje, a resident of Kireka in Kira Municipality in Wakiso district on July 01, 2022. Nasejje was robbed in broad daylight along the Northern bypass while heading to work in Kisasi.

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• 48 Suspected Criminals Rounded Up in Lira City

  14 Sep 2022, 16:44 Comments 518 Views Lira, Uganda Crime Security Northern Updates

  Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga police spokesperson, says that police received intelligence information about criminal gangs operating in the area and cases of theft.

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• Abandoned Structures Fueling Insecurity in Arua

  14 Sep 2022, 14:08 Comments 423 Views Arua City, Arua, Uganda Security Local government Northern Updates

  Some of the properties include plots that were cordoned off with iron sheets to pave way for construction but have remained abandoned for more than two years.

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• Kotido Elders Rally Religious Leaders to Pray for Reformed Cattle Rustlers

  14 Sep 2022, 09:13 Comments 411 Views Kotido district, Uganda Religion Security Report

  The Elders Council says that much as the government is succeeding in disarmament, there is a need to cleanse the reformed warriors who have surrendered their guns so that they are mentally prepared for lasting peace.

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• Bukwo Boss Wanted for Defilement, Trafficking

  13 Sep 2022, 18:46 Comments 576 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  “We are hunting for the chairman LC 5 Bukwo district. He has a lot of power and influence in the district and the Sebei region. We also appeal to the public who can lead us to his arrest to help the Police." Enanga said.

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• Bunagana Border Will Be Recovered: North Kivu Governor

  13 Sep 2022, 18:26 Comments 1024 Views Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo Security Updates

  Tuesday, marked three months since Bunagana border that connects Rutshuru and Goma town in DRC to Uganda fell to the hands of rebels after over 150 government troops fled to Uganda.

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• Directorate of Forensic Science Needs 2,000 Scene of Crime Officers

  13 Sep 2022, 17:58 Comments 638 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  Andrew Mubiru, the Director says that much as the numbers of forensic scientists have increased from 264 to 611 almost tripling in the last two years, they are far from realizing President Yoweri Museveni’s guidance of having a complete police team in every Sub-county.

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• City Swoop Nets 80 Suspected Thugs

  13 Sep 2022, 17:06 Comments 417 Views Crime Security Updates

  Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson, says that the operation was prompted by the rampant theft in the city targeting mostly learners and parents returning their children to school.

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• Sipapa’s Robbery Victim is Pension Boss in South Sudan

  13 Sep 2022, 15:23 Comments 447 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  According to sources, South Sudan has since tasked Arok to explain the source of the money. Security sources quote Arok, saying that he sold his property back home with the aim of investing in Uganda.

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