Crime

News about crime from Uganda and the region

UPDATE: Four Teachers Arrested for Selling Each Set of Fake PLE 2024 Papers at Shs750K Remanded

Grade One Magistrate Ivan Seguya of Kiira Magistrate's Court has remanded four teachers who were arrested for reportedly selling fake…

6 days ago

KAGADI KILLINGS: Seven People Murdered by Cult Believers

At least seven people have been confirmed to have been killed by suspected cult believers in Kagadi District. The attack…

2 weeks ago

Why Museveni Has Forgiven Over 100 Convicted Thieves and Other Criminals

President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned 130 convicts, including those who were serving sentences for manslaughter and theft. 

3 weeks ago

Museveni Breaks Silence on Arrest of State House Officials, Defends Nalweyiso

President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out on reports of arrests of State House staff. He also defended Prossy Nalweyiso and…

3 weeks ago

Woman Who Assaulted Policeman Sent to Prison as Officer Who Braved Rain to Control Traffic is Recognized

Mercy Timbitwire Bashisha has appeared in the Nakawa Magistrate Court days after she was filmed assaulting a traffic police officer…

3 weeks ago

‘Kiteezi Kasasiro Deal Awarded to Foreign Investor Stinks to High Heaven?’

Over week since a foreign investor was awarded a deal for better garbage management at the Kiteezi landfill, Inspector General…

3 weeks ago

Dr Chris Mukiza’s UBOS on the Spot for Reportedly Demanding Professor Spire Ssentongo’s Sacking

University professor and Observer newspaper cartoonist Jimmy Spire Ssentongo has alleged that Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), whose Executive Director…

3 weeks ago

Details Emerge on How Bweranyangi Girl Landed Bushenyi RDC Robert Atuhairwe in Trouble

A senior three student at Bweranyangi Girls SS has landed Bushenyi Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Robert Atuhairwe in trouble. As…

3 weeks ago

Kiteezi ‘Ghosts Haunt’ Dorothy Kisaka as She’s Thrown into Prison

Sacked Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, her former Deputy David Luyimbazi and former Director of Public…

3 weeks ago

TROUBLE BEGINS: Sacked KCCA Bosses, including Dorothy Kisaka, Arrested and Detained

Uganda Police Force (UPF) has confirmed the arrest and detention of former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) bosses. Dorothy Kisaka,…

4 weeks ago