By APN Reporter Kabale The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has dispatched a task team jointly headed by Director Operations, AIGP Edward Ochom, and the Director Traffic and Road Safety, to thoroughly investigate circumstances under which Walugembe Hussein, a 25-year-old, a casual worker and night watchman, committed suicide at Masaka Police Station. This […]
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Netherlands Embassy Donates to Refugee Police Station
By APN Reporter Kampala The Netherlands Embassy through the Refugee Law Project has Wednesday July, 1 donated an assortment of transport equipment worth 70000 US dollars to Panyadoli Refugee Police Station, Kiryandongo district. H.E Henk Jan Bakker, the Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda handed over the items to AIGP Asan Kasingye at Police headquarters Naguru. They […]
Police Recovers Stolen Motor Vehicle Number plates
By APN Reporter Wakiso Police in Wakiso district have recovered Suspected stolen motor vehicle number plates Vide Kajjansi Town Council, Wakiso District. Acting on a tip-off, officers at Kajjansi arrested Felix .Mwebesa and on searching his house at Kitende B, Kawoto A, Kitende Ward ,Police was able to recovered 11 stolen motor vehicle number plates. […]
Samples Picked from 13 Quarantined in Ntungamo
By Anthony Kushaba Ntungamo Health workers has this afternoon picked samples from a total of 13 people who have been quarantined in Ntungamo district The 13 were reportedly deported by authorities in Rwanda after they had reportedly entered the country illegally. The 13 had been arrested and detained in Rwanda before they were deported early […]
Uganda Police refutes escaping of Al-Shabaab terror suspect.
Police Statement on Friday 7/02/2020. In the Daily Monitors of Tuesday, February, 4, 2020, there was a malicious and misleading story under the front page headline ‘Al-Shabaab terror suspect escapes’. The Paper further alleged that “Abdul Sandir had been in police custody since his rearrest in 2018. It is alleged he planned to attack Parliament, […]
Local Leaders Asked to Champion Fight Against Criminality
By APN Reporter Kitgum Local leaders drawn from the districts of Kitgum, Agago and Pader have been urged to embrace the concept of neighborhood watch scheme if criminality is to be curbed. This was during a community policing meeting convened in the area by the Head of Community Policing Department, ACP Anatoli Muleterwa on Monday. […]
Man Arrested Over Alleged Rape and Murder
By Patson Baraire RUKUNGIRI The Police in Rukungiri District have arrested a man who is suspected to have participated in gruesome murder of a 35 year old woman. Kigezi Region Police Spokesman Elly Maate identified the deceased as Tushereirwe Lydia a resident of Rwakabengo village in Southern Division of Rukungiri Municipality in Rukungiri District. Maate […]
Police Officers Train in Micro Business Management
By APN Reporter Kampala A total of 25 Police officers have today started a 3-day workshop in micro business simulation management. The training is being held at Exodus Sacco offices in Naguru, Kampala. According to the chairman Exodus Sacco, SCP Wilson Omoding, the training is aimed at equipping police officers with skills in business management […]
Jinja residents renovate Motor Vehicle Inspection Pit
By Gloria Ayebare Jinja Taxi drivers, driving school owners, lorry drivers, boda- boda riders and stage managers from Kira Region in Jinja have undertaken a self-initiative to renovate the Police motor vehicle Inspection Pit. The Vehicle Inspection Pit is a place where vehicles are put for proper examination to ascertain the condition of the vehicle […]
SSP Kayima Not Missing-Police
By APN Reporter Kampala Police has rubbished claims that senior superintendent of police Emilian Kayima is missing. Sources from police says that the social media posts had gone viral indicating that the officer in question had gone missing. According to Assistant commissioner of Police Polly Namaye who also doubles as the Deputy Police public relations […]