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By the Torch Reporter, Security agencies under the Uganda Police Force have arrested more than 160 suspects in a series of coordinated disruptive operations aimed at combating crime in the Kampala Metropolitan Area. Some of the suspects who were arrested. The operations, conducted between February 15 and the morning of February 16, 2026, targeted criminal hotspots, drug abuse centres, and …

MITOOMA, WESTERN UGANDA — The National Unity Platform (NUP) has accused security forces in Mitooma District of a coordinated clampdown after several of its local leaders and election agents were reportedly assaulted and detained ahead of the 2026 polls. The party says that Ronald Turyatunga and Kenneth Turyatunga were arrested on Tuesday evening while distributing official appointment letters to party …

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 , …

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces has underscored the importance of integrating gender considerations in modern peace support operations. Ms-Monica-Musyoni addressing the participants. Courtesy photo  Speaking at the the closure of a ten-day training on Gender in Peace Support Operations at Headquarter Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability, Jinja, the Chief of Staff, Hq URDC, Brigadier General Flavia Byekwaso, highlighted that integrating gender …