As of today, 4/01/2021, the countdown to the polling day for the General Elections draws closer, with only 10 days remaining. It is a very crucial stage as several candidates try to roll out their campaign strategies, messages, targeting different groups through various media channels and physical contacts. Although Uganda as a Country has no […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Namayingo has in custody, a notorious suspect who was behind the many armed robberies and related acts of criminality in Namayingo district. The suspect {names withheld} was actively involved with other suspects who are still being sought. On the 24.12.2020 till 30.12.2020, the gang attacked and burnt several homes for residents in […]
Continue ReadingWe would like to refute the false propaganda that photographs of alleged torture, spread on social media are of two suspects namely; Ssebuufu Edward alias Eddie Mutwe and Buken Ali alias Nubian Lee, who are in police custody in Masaka. We believe the accounts of torture are fabricated to taint the image of the forces […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the operation of 30.12.2020, on the continued acts of impunity and lawlessness, during the political campaign in Kalangala, our joint task team of investigators, comprising of CCTV analysts, cybercrime, intelligence and CID experts thoroughly interviews the suspects on surveillance videos and intelligence leads thoroughly interviewed the suspects based on surveillance videos and intelligence information. […]
Continue ReadingWe wish to notify the public that with effect from the 31.12.2020, the police and sister security agencies shall recognize ONLY journalists and media practitioners who are accredited by the Media Council, during the coverage of political campaigns and other electoral events. The accreditation process that has been open to all media practitioners expires on the 31.12.2020. […]
Continue ReadingAs part of investigations into the death of Frank Senteza, a private bodyguard of Hon. Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, our task teams actively investigating the matter, faced a setback, after the victim was buried at the ancestral home along Villa road, in Kalungu District, without being examined on post mortem. Yesterday 27.12.2020, the body of the […]
Continue ReadingThis morning our task team in Greater Masaka had violent confrontations with the NUP candidate and his supporters at a check point in Kyabakuza after they defied the route plan agreed upon to Kyotera District. Tear gas was used to quell the violence and journalists were regrettably caught up during the process of dispersing the […]
Continue ReadingAs we enter the festive season, I would like to take this opportunity, on my own and the behalf of the entire police fraternity, to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 2021. We all know the festive season is a happy time of the year and an opportunity for families […]
Continue ReadingThe IGP, today presided over the handing and taking over ceremony for the office of the DIGP, which took place at Police Headquarters, Naguru at 10:00am. In his opening remarks, he thanked the outgoing DIGP, Major General Sabiiti Muzeyi and described him as a true leader and a man of integrity. He urged him to […]
Continue ReadingUganda is holding Presidential/Parliamentary elections in the middle of a global COVID-19 pandemic with rising levels of infections and deaths. To control the spread of this pandemic, statutory instruments were issued under the Public Health Act to regulate public activity that has the propensity to accelerate the spread of the virus. This includes burials, religious […]
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