Post Views: 1 BY TWESIGYE AGGRYIN SHEEMA—— Police in the Greater Bushenyi region have urged the public to strictly observe fire safety precautions following a fire outbreak that destroyed a house in Sheema District. The incident occurred on Tuesday at around 2:00 PM in Kyigimbi Cell, Nyanga Ward, Kabwohe municipality , Sheema district. According to preliminary findings, the affected …
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Post Views: 2 Police in Mbarara City have arrested three men suspected of being part of a criminal gang accused of terrorizing residents in the city. The suspects were apprehended on Wednesday during an intelligence-led operation conducted in Baghdad Suburb, Lugazi Cell, Kakoba Ward. According to the Mbarara City Division Police Commander, SP Kenneth Kabwigo Gumisiriza, the operation led …
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Several senior cops, some at the level of directors within the Uganda Police Force, are not happy after missing out on vehicles that were allegedly procured for their directorates, Red Pepper has exclusively learnt.Highly placed sources told Red Pepper that between 2021 and 2024, the Uganda Police Force budgeted and set aside funds to procure 21 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado …
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Kampala– Police working together with other sister agencies on Tuesday arrested two additional suspects in relation to murder of Rugby Cranes Player Sydney Gongodyo. Obed Mugwiisa, the key suspect after the arrest Gongodyo was murdered last week, in a mob action suspected to have been conducted by a group of boda boda riders in Ntinda who falsely accused him of …
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Vivo Energy Uganda, the distributor and marketer of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, has donated 500 child safety helmets, valued at over UGX 40 million, to the Uganda Police Force. This donation supports ongoing nationwide road safety awareness and enforcement campaigns in public schools under as part of its ‘HeadsUp!’ No helmet, no boda campaign. The child-specific safety helmets are intended …
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× KAMPALA – The Uganda Police Force has issued an urgent, impassioned plea calling upon all citizens to renounce and stop the brutal acts of mob killings that undermine the rule of law in the country. The development follows a wave of sorrow in Uganda’s sporting community after the brutal mob killing of rugby player Sidney Gongondyo, a death that has …
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By Ben Musanje Police have directed all organizers of public events to obtain clearance from the Ministry of Health before seeking police authorization, as Uganda intensifies measures to contain the Ebola outbreak. The directive comes amid a rise in confirmed Ebola cases, with the Ministry of Health reporting six new infections by Friday last week, bringing the country’s total confirmed …
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The police have raised concern over a growing trend of fatal ransom kidnappings following the abduction and murder of a 52-year-old woman, Lydia Babirye Sengendo, in Ntinda-Kigowa, a Kampala suburb. Babirye was reportedly abducted on June 4. Her body was later recovered, wrapped in a mattress and tied with ropes, at the residence of the prime suspect, Kagga Shafiq, in …
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Viewers: 80,002 By Spy Uganda Police in Kampala have arrested three suspects in connection with the death of professional rugby player Sydney Gongodyo following an incident that allegedly involved mob action on June 5, 2026. The suspects, identified as Ssebagala Noordin, Ayebazibwe Roden, and Namukose Juliet, are currently being held at Kira Road Police Station as investigations into the …
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Post Views: 1 Exif_JPEG_420 By Moses AndamaIn Masindi—- Four weighbridges previously operating in Bunyoro’s sugarcane-growing areas have been returned to Victoria Sugar and relocated to the company’s factory in Luwero District, a move local leaders and community mobilizers say marks a significant step in the fight against rampant sugarcane theft. The weighbridges were handed over on Friday by Masindi …
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