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The Kampala City Hall Court has remanded four men to Luzira Prison in connection with the killing of Uganda Rugby Cranes player Sydney Gyabi Gongodyo. The accused are Obed Mugwisa, 39, a boda boda rider and resident of Nsimbiziwome Zone in Nakawa division; Elly Mondoni, 33, a delivery agent with Medicinal Pharmacy and resident of Port Bell road in Luzira; …

The Kampala City Hall Court has remanded four men to Luzira Prison in connection with the killing of Uganda Rugby Cranes player Sydney Gyabi Gongodyo. The accused are Obed Mugwisa, 39, a boda boda rider and resident of Nsimbiziwome Zone in Nakawa division; Elly Mondoni, 33, a delivery agent with Medicinal Pharmacy and resident of Port Bell road in Luzira; …

By Ben Musanje The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has called for urgent national action to address the growing threat of mob violence following the death of national rugby player Sydney Gongodyo, whose killing sparked a wide-ranging discussion on lawlessness, justice and community responsibility. During the 19th Radical New Bar (RNB) Live public engagement held at the Uganda Law Society headquarters …

Sydney Gongodyo The late Sydney Gongodyo, the Rugby Cranes and Black Pirates forward was laid to rest yesterday in his home district of Bulambuli. At the age of 27, Gongodyo died on Friday, June 5, as a result of injuries he suffered, following a mob attack on him in Bukoto. Gongodyo, who left behind a one-year-old son and a wife …

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 …

By Ben Musanje The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has strongly condemned the mob killing of national rugby player Sydney Gongodyo, describing the tragedy as a disturbing reflection of the country’s deepening rule of law crisis and declining public confidence in the justice system.   In a letter dated June 8, 2026, addressed to Uganda Rugby Union President Godwin Kayangwe Arinaitwe, …

× 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 …

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 …

The semi-finals of this season’s Nile Special Rugby Premiership begin this weekend with plenty of attention on the clash between Black Pirates and Heathens at Kyadondo on Sunday, June 7. Pirates arrive from Nairobi after losing 12-25 to Kenya’s Kabras Sugar in the Enterprise Cup final. Yet, despite the weight attached to that rivalry, much of the conversation in Ugandan …

South Africa continued its stranglehold on the Rugby Women’s Africa Cup (RAC), after they bagged yet another title ahead of Kenya, Uganda and Madagascar, the other three teams in the tournament. It was South Africa’s fifth championship since the tournament’s inception in 2019. Perhaps, had it not been for Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021, South Africa would have had more …