The Special Investigations Division in coordination with the Fraud Department at Stanbic Bank, Uganda, has arrested and detained nine suspects in connection with irregular withdrawal of $1.8m from Stanbic Bank Uganda.
A notorious child kidnapper, who was linked to four incidents of child kidnap for ransom, was fatally wounded during a violent confrontation with an arresting team from the Police Flying Squad Unit.
The Police in Kampala, with the help of Closed Circuit Television –CCTV cameras arrested four suspects who have been on wanted lists for terrorizing city dwellers mostly during rush hours by using motorcycles to snatch their valuables.
The Inspector General of Police Okoth Ochola has welcomed the appointment of Maj Gen Abel Kanidho as the new Police Chief of Joint Staff.
President Yoweri Museveni advised the 5200 Probationer Police Constables that were passed out Friday to work hard and avoid trying to rig the system as a means to the end.
President Yoweri Museveni will today grace the ceremony to pass out 5200 Probationer Police Constables.
According to a statement released by police, the event is being held at Police Training School Kabalye Masindi.
A team of bomb experts has been dispatched to Lungala, along the Kampala-Masaka highway, after a deadly explosion occurred on a bus belonging to Swift Safaris Bus company under registration number UAU 989T, at around 5pm .
The bus was traveling from Kampala to Bushenyi.
Police has arrested three and killed one of the suspects linked to the attack of Minister of Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala, Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech, the deputy IGP, said in a Thursday media briefing.
By Rachel Nansikombi
In what seems to be an increasingly strained relationship between the media and the security forces, one thing seems to be clear, only one side of the story gets heard or seen.
Kampala Metropolitan Police re-directed traffic today morning at 6am to facilitate traffic flow as people head to Namugongo Martyrs’ Shrine to view the body of Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese, Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga.
