Tag Archives: Arrest

NTUNGAMO, UGANDA — With preliminary results showing incumbent MP Yona Musinguzi trailing challenger Gerald Karuhanga by a significant margin, a dramatic police operation has cast a harsh light on the aggressive tactics long associated with Musinguzi’s political career. Early Thursday, Ugandan police arrested a team of 38 men in Ntungamo Municipality and impounded three drone vehicles belonging to the incumbent. …

Ugandan security forces have surrounded the residence of President Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, widely known as Bobi Wine, in what opposition figures and rights advocates describe as a de facto house arrest. According to accounts from the National Unity Platform (NUP) and witnesses at the scene, heavily armed military and police officers sealed off the perimeter of Kyagulanyi’s home, restricting all …

Kampala-The Uganda police force on Saturday evening confirmed the arrest and detention of National Unity Platform’s head of Mobilization, Habib Buwembo with Katabala Ronald and Nakakembo Josephine. Habib Buwembo “The 03 are currently in Police custody and will be arraigned before court in due course.” Reads Police message on their social media platforms Before this message, several National Unity Platform …

Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has publicly condemned the recent arrest of prominent civil society leader Dr. Sarah Bireete, framing it as part of a systematic campaign of state repression against critics ahead of Uganda’s election cycles. In a statement posted on his social media platforms, the National Unity Platform (NUP) president alleged a recurring pattern …

Kampala-Uganda Police has confirmed the arrest of Center for Constitutional Governance (CCG) , Civil Society organizations boss Dr. Sarah Bireete. Sarah Bireete (Courtesy photo) “The uganda police force would like to confirm the arrest of Sarah Bireete director for center for constitutional governance. She is in police custody. She will be arraigned before court in due course.” Reads Police statement …

The National Drug Authority (NDA), working jointly with the Uganda Police Force, has arrested three suspected conmen accused of impersonating NDA inspectors and extorting money from drug outlet operators across the country. The suspects are Don Byakatonda, the Executive Director of an NGO known as Health and Legal Ethics, Kizito Raymond Nabimba, and Faizo Kutesa, who reportedly operates under the …

The Ugandan Ministry of Defence & Veteran Affairs has officially confirmed the arrest of a Catholic priest, stating he is under investigation for actions against the state. In a press statement dated 14 December 2025, the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Department of Defence Public Information announced that Rev. Fr. Deusdedit Ssekabira of the Masaka Diocese is in lawful custody. …

  The post IN PICTURES : Police In Mbarara Arrest Bobi Wine Supporters appeared first on The Hoima Post -.

Kampala Metropolitan Police conducted intelligence-led operations in various areas, arresting several suspects and impounding motorcycles with tilted number plates. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson SSP Patrick Onyango, in Naggalama Town, four  suspects were arrested for selling opium and marijuana and charged with possession and frequenting places of smoking opium. Police also recovered opium, knives, and marijuana. In Katwe , …

Bangladesh advocates allege police extorted money, call for release of Hijras Bangladeshi Hijras being taken to the Narayanganj court by Rupganj Police in a police van after their arrest on allegations in a false extortion case. Dozens of Hijras have been detained in arbitrary arrests across Bangladesh following refusal to pay extortion money to police, JMBF alleges. (Photo courtesy of JMBF) …