Security

Kitatta limps after dismissal of his bail application By our reporter The general court martial for the second time has dismissed the bail application filed by the Boda boda 2010 patron Abudallah Kitatta claiming he has influence to interfere with the evidence against . In his ruling the chairperson of the General court martial Lt.Gen. Andrew Gutti noted that the court found out That offenses levied against Kitatta are capital in nature yet the applicant…

President Yoweri Museveni launches CCTV Camera Project By our reporter President Yoweri Museveni yesterday launched the National Command and Control Center for CCTV Camera Project stationed at Nateete police station and vowed to crack down on sleeping police officers. In the move to curb down the bickering insecurity in Kampala metropolitan area, President Yoweri Museveni commissioned the national command and control center for the CCTV Camera project at Nateete police station to beef up police…

By Admin Following a Presidential directive to recall reserve forces and recruitment of Local defense units to beef up security in Kampala metropolitan areas, the Uganda people’s defense forces have today released the recruitment program for 24000 LDUs which will start on 25th September up to 1st October this year from Kampala Wakiso and Mukono districts. Recruits must be Ugandan citizens possessing an original national identity card medically fit and ranging between 18 to 35…

By Admin Today Thursday September 20th, 2018 Hon. Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi returned to the country and was peacefully escorted by the police to his residence in Magele, Wakiso District. We wish to thank him for cooperating with the police at Entebbe International Airport that provided him with transport, escort and a lead car to his home. We equally thank members of the public for having adhered to the set security guidelines issued yesterday. Thirdly, there…

Speaker calls for open Court Martial sessions By parliament Press The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has asked the army leadership to make the General Court Martial sessions more open and participatory to the public. Kadaga made this call following a remark by Brig. Charles Wacha, the Head of the Directorate of Human Rights in the UPDF that it is difficult for the public to access the barracks where the army courts conduct their sessions….

UPDF soldier convicted for defilement jailed for 2 years and 3 days By our reporter The General court sitting in Makindye has today convicted a UPDF soldier Lance Corporal Kenneth Owani over defilement and sentenced him to two years and three days in prison. Owani was found guilty of seducing Maurine Atimango a 16 year old resident of Gulu barracks and forced her into sexual intercourse which resulted into unwanted pregnancy. Owani was arrested in…

COUNTRYMEN, COUNTRY-WOMEN AND BAZZUKULU I have, again, decided to address you directly through the radios and the TVs, this time, just on the urban crime that has seen the killings of: 1. Sheiks: Mustafa Bahiga, Daktur Muwaya, Jowat Madangu, Yusuf Ssentamu, Kirya, Yunis Sentuga, etc.; 2. Joan Kagezi; 3. Major Kiggundu; 4. Felix Kaweesi; 5. Susan Magara, 6. Col. Abiriga and, recently, Mohamad Kirumira. Then, there were the killings of the women in Entebbe area…

Hearing of Case Against UPDF MPs Adjourned To – 19th September By our reporter On 6th 2011 Ellady Muyambi filled a petition in the constitutional court of Uganda against the attorney general of Uganda challenging the representation of UPDF in the Parliament of Uganda which he claims to be unconstitutional. But seven years down the road, the hearing of the petition has not kicked off. Even today when it was fixed for hearing, it flopped…

By Admin. Bobi Wine’s Body Guard Eddie Ssebuufu alias Eddy Mutwe has been charged with treason before Gulu Magistrate Court, in relation to stoning the Presidential Motor Vehicle during Arua Municipality by election. Eddy Mutwe was jointly charged with a one Musa Senyange a driver, before Grade One Magistrate Yunus Ndiwalana. Mutwe is the 35 suspects on a Treason charge sheet that includes MPs Robert Kyagulanyi, Casiano Wadri, Gerald Karuhanga, Paul Mwiru and others. The…