Uganda Police

Marine police searching for bodies of Danish Tourists

A team of profession marine police officers have been dispatched from Kampala today to search for the two Danish tourists who drowned in Lake Bunyonyi last evening. Lake Bunyonyi in western Uganda, Kabale district is said to be one of the deepest lakes in African. The Danish embassy in Uganda chartered the aircraft that airlifted […]

Depression a major cause of increased numbers of suicide cases in Uganda

The Ugandan police has released statistics showing that depression is one of the major causes pushing suicide rates high in Uganda. Statistics from the Uganda police indicate that a significant number of cases registered between January and June 2011. The director criminal investigation department Edward Ochom noted that a total number of 175 cases of […]

Police again searches Ingrid Turinawe’s house

We have been told that the police have again searched Ingrid Turinawe’s house despite the fact that she was this week remanded to Luzira prison over treason charges. Turinawe is the head of the Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) Women’s League. Ingrid was arrested on Monday in connection with treason charges. A source working with […]

Bobi Wine in trouble over police cash

Ugandan popular musician, Bobi Wine is not in good terms with Uganda police currently, so we have been informed. Sources in police have told our informers that the singer has not paid for the police services which he reportedly hired during his recent Matyansi Butyampa music gala which took place at Hotel Africana in Kampala. It is said […]

Kayihura explains why police blocked walk to work campaigns

The inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has explained to our informers why the police blocked the walk to work demonstrations that was planned to start on Monday October 17th this year. Kayihura says that the organisers of walk to work campaigns (A4C) in the first case did not comply with the 1995 Constitution […]

Uganda police warns that conmen on the increase

The Uganda police has warned Ugandans to be alert and avoid dalling victim of conmen promising jobs and meetings with big government officials. The Police Spokesperson, Judith Nabakooba says many people are falling victim of conmen promising them jobs, tenders and meeting ministers or even the President. She says the police is investigating 10 suspected […]

UBC, police, UPDF and Uganda Prisons defaulting on electricity

Parliament has today learnt that Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), Uganda Prisons and Uganda Police do not pay for electricity they consume. Talking before the parliamentary ad hoc committee investigating the alleged saga in the energy sector, the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Managing Director Joseph Katera said that these four government organs […]

Uganda Police named most corrupt institution

The Police have been named as the most corrupt government institution in Uganda. This is contained in the Annual Corruption report released today by the Inspectorate of Government in collaboration with the Economic policy research center of Makerere University. The report indicates that bribery within the force shot up to 79%, up from 53% in […]

Police to name and arrest A4C funders

The people who Activists for change (A4C) activities in Kampala and across the country will soon be named and arrested by the police.   Intelligence reports indicate that many rich people in Kampala are secretly funding the activities of A4C. The latest CID report our writer has seen indicates that the organisers of A4C are using the money they […]

Uganda Police to use horses and rats to investigate crime

It seems Uganda police is doing whatever is possible to reduce on the rising levels of crime in different parts of the country especially towns. Information got from the police’s Cocaine unit in Kampala has it that the force has started training horses and dogs to help in investigations. The police source says that Americans have told Uganda police that horses […]

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