Police Arrests a Man for Illegally Obtaining National ID Particulars and Phone Contacts From the Public

The Police and sister security agencies have picked information indicating that, selected groups of people were secretly obtaining National IDs particulars and mobile phone contacts from unsuspected members of the public, specifically within the suburbs of Kampala and Mukono, and other areas of the country. Within the Kampala area, several residents particularly from Kibuli tendered […]

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Missing Aine Christopher still wanted by Police

This is to inform the public that the police are still actively looking for Aine Christopher, who remains missing, but believed to be in hiding, over his alleged involvement and connectivity to acts of assault occasioning bodily and grievous harm, to several victims in Ntungamo District, and also, in response to the criminal summons issued […]

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Police Restores Law and Order in Bukwo

Today, Wednesday, 6th January, 2016, the Police at Bukwo, restored law and order, after it dispersed violent crowds at Teriet IDP camp using means within its dispersal powers that included the use of rubber bullets. The public order concern arose after the FDC Presidential candidate, Dr. Kiiza Besigye, who had successfully held two campaign rallies […]

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Inspector General of Police’s Response to Amnesty International’s Report

Yesterday, Monday, 7th December 2015, two reports were released by two organizations, namely, Amnesty International, and Transparency International.  We did not have the benefit of accessing and reading the reports before they were published.  Therefore, at this point we shall, only, make general comment as we prepare detailed responses to the allegations made against the […]

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False Allegations Published In The Daily Monitor Newspaper

  On the 11.09.2015, the Daily Monitor Newspaper ran an outrageously false and misleading story on its front page under the headline “MBABAZI BODYGUARD SHOT IN JINJA FRACAS” where it further went on to add “the guard only identified as Kule, was reportedly shot in the leg”. We want to rebut this false claim and […]

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Guidance to Presidential Aspirants

Following the Electoral Commission’s Election Road map, general guidelines were issued to all Presidential Aspirants seeking to conduct consultative meetings in preparation for nominations. The guidelines are consistent with the provisions of Sec. 3 of the Presidential Elections Act, 2005, which clearly enjoins aspiring candidates to carry out consultations through meetings with national delegates, on […]

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