THUGS ATTACK THE WESTERN DISTRICTS OF KASESE, BUNDIBUGYO AND KASESE

Today, 5th July, 2014, groups of thugs armed with pangas, spears and guns and suspected to be radical elements linked to the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu, a Bukonjo cultural institution, descended on the towns of Kasese, Bundibugyo and Karugutu in Ntoroko District. The Police and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) successfully countered them. In Kasese, […]

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SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP FOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF EXTERNAL LABOUR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES BY THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS / 25th JUNE 2014

1.0 General Overview of the TIP Situation in the Country On average, 15 new reports of transnational trafficking in persons are registered per month since January 2014. The majority of the victims are female adults and the most common forms of exploitation are Labour and sexual exploitation. The most common destination countries are Kuwait(29), Uganda(12), […]

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POLICE PROHIBITS PASSENGERS ON LONG DISTANCE GOODS TRUCKS/VEHICLES AND DESTINED FOR THE BOND

  1. The Police and its sister security agencies have received intelligence information that several long distance goods vehicles, trailers, Haulers, oil tankers, vehicle carriers and vehicles destined for the bond and or in transit to the neighboring countries do carry unauthorized passengers whose destination is unknown. 2. All long distance goods vehicles/trailers/ haulers/ oil […]

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Police condemns attack on pentecostal church in kyegwegwa

The Uganda Police has strongly condemned an attack on worshippers attending night prayers at Mungumwema Pentecostal Church in Mugoma Parish, Apunyo sub-county in Kyegegwa District today 27/06/2014 at 2 a.m by a group of unidentified Muslims from Mugoma Mosque. The attackers who were armed with pangas, sticks, and guns hacked dead a female worshipper only […]

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Motor Cycle thief at Makerere University triggered off the Bomb Scare.

Today 21st May 2014, a man suspected to have been attempting to steal a motor cycle belonging to student at Makerere University has apprehended by the police this afternoon. In the course of arresting him, the suspect attempted to run and the police chased after him. The suspect ran and hid at the library probably […]

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