Hassan Lwabayi Mudiba, General Secretary of the Uganda Local Government Workers Union (ULGWU), has threatened that union members will lay down their tools if the government fails to increase their salaries within two weeks. Mudiba made these remarks during a press conference held yesterday at the union’s offices on Kampala Road. “We are issuing a…
Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered police to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs, ensuring they are incapacitated but not killed. The UN and human rights groups have accused the police of using excessive force in the recent wave of anti-government protests – 31 people were killed on Monday, according to a state-run body….
The police in Kampala have arrested 21 suspects, including two women, for a series of robberies and assaults over the weekend. Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, said during the weekly media briefing that the suspects were dressed in NRM yellow T-shirts and targeted individuals heading to Kyadondo for President Museveni’s nomination on…
The Uganda Police Force (UPF) is looking for $62 million (about Shs 228 billion) to implement the third phase of the national CCTV project. This revelation was made by the Undersecretary of the Police Aggrey Wunyi while appearing before the committee on Defence and Internal Affairs yesterday. Wunyi said that the project is still at…
For the second consecutive year, Ankole sub-region registered the highest number of theft cases in Uganda, according to the 2024 Annual Crime Report released by police yesterday. The sub-region topped the theft charts in 2023. The 2024 report shows that a total of 61,529 cases involving theft of any kind were registered by the police…
