PRESS RELEASE The Sunday Pepper of 26.04.2015 published a story under the headline “POLICEMAN SHOT JOAN KAGEZI”. The paper reported that “The operative who was identified as Fred Egesa, formerly attached to the Police Violent Crime Crack Unit, the flying squad, was smoked out from a hideout in Mbale on Friday and detained at Nalufenya […]
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE In the New Vision issue of Monday, 21st April 2015, a story under a highly misleading headline “ARMED MEN ATTACK KYEGEGWA” was published. We wish to state categorically that there was no armed attack as the headline suggests or since the 27th June 2014, when at Kyaliboni Fellowship Church, Karokarungi village, Magoma parish, […]
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE The Daily Monitor newspaper, of Wednesday, the 22nd April 2015 ran a story on the front page under the headline “Police bribed to kill pension scam case”. We wish to clarify that while the court case was dismissed, it was on a technicality and not on absence of substantive evidence. The Police investigation […]
Continue ReadingIGP TRANSFERS AND APPOINTS GAZETTED OFFICERS The Inspector General of Police has with immediate effect transferred and appointed four (4) Senior Police Officers in a mini-reshuffle. These include; Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kaali Fadhil who was appointed as Commander of the Special Field Force Regiment (SFFR), and is to be deputized by Superintendent of […]
Continue ReadingPolice refutes “social media terror alert” as a fabrication. The police has refuted the recent social media claim on WhatsApp, of a “terror alert” allegedly issued by the Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, as a vague statement posted by criminally minded elements to promote panic and fear in society. It is therefore not […]
Continue ReadingUN IDENTIFIED BODY RECOVERED Yesterday 15th April, 2015, at around 1 pm, the officer in charge Namutumba Police station in Namutumba district received a report of suspected murder from Bulange police post .This was after the body of a male person was found dumped in Nawatoro swamp along the Bulange- Busembatia road. The body that […]
Continue ReadingMINISTER APPOINTS TASK TEAM TO PROBE INTO ALLEGATIONS OF DEATH THREATS On the 2.04.2015, the Hon. Minister for Internal Affairs, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima appointed a task team to investigate the allegations of death threats by SMS against Moses Kipsiro, the 10,000 meters Commonwealth Games Champion. This follows continuous complaints by Moses Kipsiro on how he […]
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Continue ReadingPolice issues another terror alert The Uganda police force has issued another terror alert following credible information that Al-Shabaab had plans to attack schools and education institutions along the Kampala – Jinja high way. This comes in the wake of yesterday terror attack in Kenya where several students were killed, and others held hostage. During […]
Continue ReadingPOLICE INVESTIGATES DEADLY SHOOTING This evening, Monday 30th March 2015, Ms. Joan Kagezi, Ag. Assistant Director of Public Prosecution, was shot dead at 7:15 pm, near her residence in Kiwatule a city suburb as she drove home with her children. She had stopped at a fruit stall by the road side where she normally stopped […]
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