Leaders, Police in Wakiso On the Spot For Aiding Criminals
15 Sep 2022, 18:01 Comments 421 Views Wakiso, Uganda Crime ReportLocal council leaders and area police personnel were accused of aiding land grabbing and robberies.
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Stories :: Category: Crime :: Accepted date: September 2022
Updated: 07 Feb, 02:3002:30
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Army Arrests 200 Suspected Rustlers In Day's Operation in Kotido
15 Sep 2022, 16:43 Comments 478 Views Security Human rights Crime UpdatesAddressing 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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Inadequate Staff Affecting Operations of Fort Portal Remand Home
15 Sep 2022, 16:34 Comments 351 Views Crime Human rights UpdatesThe remand home that houses child offenders from Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge, Ntoroko, and Kyegegwa currently has only 8 staff out of the required 20 staff including one cook.
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Mbale City Officials, Area Land Committee Members in Trouble for Selling Government Land
15 Sep 2022, 16:29 Comments 306 Views Crime UpdatesAccording to Taitika, the suspects are accused of forging documents and conniving with land grabbers to give away government land in Nakoloke town council.
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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 UpdatesIbrahim 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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Seven Police officers Charged Over Escape of Suspects
15 Sep 2022, 15:21 Comments 1200 Views Kween, Uganda Crime Court ReportThe suspects are Fatina Chebet and Barashaki Benarf, both Assitant Inspectors of Police-AIP. The others are Detective Constable Fredson Mwanga and Police Constables Julius Hyuha, Henry Iyakin, and Bernard Munezero all from Bukwo Central Police Station.
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Increasing Cases of Theft in Lweza Worry Residents
15 Sep 2022, 14:11 Comments 388 Views Mukono, Uganda Crime Security EditorialAccording 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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Borrowers Accuse Money Lender of Using Urgency to Squeeze Them
15 Sep 2022, 13:19 Comments 505 Views Business and finance Crime Court UpdatesAccording to Nankuunda, she received the money on that same day as she wished. But this was after filling in the loan agreement form onto which the group official advised her to leave the amount space blank, which she casually did, unaware of the outcome.
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Heavy Rains Destroy 60 Houses in Kakumiro District
15 Sep 2022, 09:45 Comments 608 Views Kakumiro, Uganda Crime UpdatesThe heavy rains blew off the rooftops of several houses in the area leaving several families out in the cold. It also destroyed several hectares of garden crops including beans, cassava, rice, banana plantations maize among others.
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Woman in Viral Shoplifting Video Arrested
15 Sep 2022, 09:07 Comments 673 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime UpdatesThe 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 695 Views Oyam, Uganda Crime Security Northern UpdatesJimmy 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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Bamuturaki Involved in UGX 778M Controversial Deal With Abbavater Group
15 Sep 2022, 08:19 Comments 618 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Business and finance Crime UpdatesIn her response, Bamuturaki disclosed that earlier in March 2019, before she joined the Airlines, the then Uganda Airlines interim CEO, Ephraim Bagenda called and asked her to recommend ‘somebody’ to manage a launch event of receiving the new aircrafts, and she shared the contact of Abbavater Group CEO, Mark Odeke.
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Security Heightened in Jinja Ahead of Nyege-Nyege Festival
15 Sep 2022, 05:14 Comments 690 Views Jinja, Uganda Crime ReportSeveral foreign and local revelers have started checking into their cottages, while others are setting up camping tents amidst a hype of activities at the site. Exhibiters are also stocking beverages and food items in makeshift bars and restaurants ahead of the festival.
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Security Apprehends Driver, Conductor Linked to Northern Bypass Taxi Robberies
14 Sep 2022, 17:13 Comments 410 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime UpdatesThe 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 514 Views Lira, Uganda Crime Security Northern UpdatesJimmy 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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Two-Month-Old baby Killed in House Fire
14 Sep 2022, 15:27 Comments 516 Views Crime UpdatesRogers Taitika, the Elgon Region Spokesperson, says that the minor's parents were away when the fire started. He explains that it is the neighbors who saw smoke and huge flames coming from the house and raised an alarm, which attracted residents.
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Bukwo Boss Wanted for Defilement, Trafficking
13 Sep 2022, 18:46 Comments 573 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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Directorate of Forensic Science Needs 2,000 Scene of Crime Officers
13 Sep 2022, 17:58 Comments 638 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime UpdatesAndrew 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 UpdatesLuke 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 UpdatesAccording 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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