Author: Wilfred Kamusiime

A police driver identified as Sgt/Driver Christopher Opio, has been taken into custody, for misuse of a police van, after he diverted it for his personal duties. In this very respect, he was captured on a video which went viral, transporting passengers to Kampala, against the new Presidential guidelines and Ministry of Health SOPs. As […]

Today 14/06/2021, is day 8 of the 42 day partial lockdown and curfew restriction.  This implies that we still have 34 more days to the end of this partial lockdown.  Last week was one of the most devastating, where the country registered the highest number of new cases.  For instance, from the 8th – 11th June, a […]

I have called this Press briefing to update the country on the level of security, following some distortions by the media and self-styled security analysts. It is true that the events which occurred during the early hours of 1/06/2021, were tragic and shocking to the country.  It was a wake-up call and as security we […]

Today, 7/06/2021, is day of the 42 day partial lockdown and curfew provisions.  The announcement came as the country recorded 5174 new cases within 5 days ie from the 31/05/2021 to the 4/06/2021, giving it the highest tally since the advent of COVID-19 in the country. The upward trend is being linked to high risk […]

A joint security task team is actively investigating a targeted drive by shooting which occurred on the 1/06/2021, at around 8:47am- 8-58am along the Kisota –Kulambiro Road, Nakawa Division in the Kampala District; which claimed the lives of two victims and seriously injured a third, who were part of the occupants in a Toyota Land […]

As you are aware, the Uganda Martyrs Day Celebrations will fall on the 03/06/2021.  However, due to the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the celebrations will be conducted in a scientific manner will only have 200 invitees respectively. Therefore, we would like to remind the thousands of pilgrims and other faith based tourists […]

The IGP has come out to applaud all the 50,000 SPCs for the pivotal role they played in supporting the Joint Security Agencies in securing the elections. He congratulated them for their concerted efforts in making the general elections, 2021, a success.  By protecting millions of Ugandans, they enabled the voters to express their voices. […]

As you are all aware, we are into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is more deadly and devastating.  It is worse than the first wave, since it is more transmissible and affecting young people including children this time round.  For instance during the course of last week, 1390 new cases were registered, […]