KIRA, Wakiso District — Police in Kira Municipality have arrested 95 individuals during a series of intelligence-led operations targeting criminal gangs, drug-related offences, and violent crime across the rapidly expanding urban area. According to security officials, the operations focused on crime-prone neighbourhoods and suspected hideouts in Najjera, Bulindo, Kito, and surrounding communities. The coordinated raids…
The Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hon. Minsa Kabanda, has defended ongoing enforcement operations targeting street vendors, hawkers, unlicensed taxis, and boda boda riders in the city centre, describing the measures as necessary to restore order, improve cleanliness, and ease traffic congestion. Speaking during meetings with city stakeholders and residents, Kabanda stressed…
An assistant nursing officer, John Bosco Otim, has been remanded to prison after being charged with illegally practising medicine, performing an unauthorised surgical procedure and committing a negligent act likely to spread infection. Otim appeared before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court, where the charges were read to him by Chief Magistrate Ritah Neube Kidasa….
Security agencies have arrested four people in Iganga Municipality over an alleged cyber fraud scheme in which criminals reportedly impersonated Mrs Natasha Museveni Karugire on social media to trick members of the public into sending them money. Police spokesperson ACP Kituuma Rusoke said the suspects created several fake TikTok and WhatsApp accounts using Mrs Karugire’s…
Tension remains high in parts of Ssembabule District after residents displaced during a prolonged land dispute returned to reoccupy the contested land nearly three years after their eviction. The families, who say they have endured years of hardship in temporary settlements and dependence on relatives, claim they were forced back by difficult living conditions and…