Crime

KAMPALA, Uganda — A police officer has been arrested after a motorcycle taxi rider was shot dead during a community cleaning exercise in the capital, police said. The shooting happened...

Three people have been seriously injured after a heavy-duty truck rammed into another truck on the Kampala-Gulu highway in Nakasongola District. The crash happened at about 04:50 on Thursday morning...

Police in Namayingo District have arrested 21 people during an overnight operation targeting suspected criminal hideouts and other security hotspots in Namayingo Town Council. The intelligence-led operation was carried out...

KIRYANDONGO, Uganda — One person has been killed and four others injured in a road crash along the Kampala-Gulu Highway in Kiryandongo District, police said. The crash occurred at about...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police have arrested a former director of a labour recruitment company over allegations that he defrauded hundreds of people by promising them jobs overseas. Christian Asiimwe,...

KISORO, KIGEZI REGION — Police in Kisoro District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a 50-year-old Rwandan national who died while travelling on a bus from Kampala...

Police in  Kampala have arrested five people and recovered 12 motorcycles suspected to have been stolen. This was during an intelligence-led operation targeting a motorcycle theft network in Kampala. The...

Police in Kajjansi have arrested two men suspected of taking part in an aggravated robbery at a home in Sekiwunga Cell, Kitende Ward, Kajjansi Town Council, Wakiso District. The robbery...

Police have arrested 40 suspects in a night-time operation targeting criminal activity in parts of Kampala, while separately investigating the alleged aggravated torture of a four-year-old boy in Wakiso. The...

KAMPALA — Police have arrested a woman suspected of being linked to the murder of 22-year-old Jovia Namuwulya, whose body was discovered in a pool of blood inside her rented...