Police

The Inspector General of Police –IGP Martin Okoth Ochola, has sworn that security agencies will continue beating journalists purposely to ‘deter’ them from going where there is danger. Ochola, who was speaking at joint election security and preparedness, said he was unapologetic that journalists have been clobbered during their line of duty because they went where there was danger, contrary …

Security chiefs have warned people planning to riot or protest during or after next Thursday elections that they will taste wrath of security personnel. Led by Minister of Defence Adolf Mwesige, Internal Affairs Minister Gen Jeje Odongo, IGP Martin Ochola, Deputy commander Land Forces Lt Gen Sam Kavuma, Deputy IGP Maj Gen Paul Lokech and Commissioner General of Prisons Johnson …

Authorities and residents in Luwero Town Council and Busia Municipality have expressed hope in the reduction of crime following the installation of CCTV cameras. In Luwero Town Council, the cameras have been installed at Balikyewuunya along the Kampala-Gulu highway, at Luweero-Kiwoko road, in Kasana town. The other places are Piida, in Mabaale Trading Centre, Kiyenje Trading Center and at Nnakkazi …

News reaching us reveals that the Uganda police website has been down for several hours following a hack by an international Hacktivists’ group; Anonymous. We visited the site; https://www.upf.go.ug/ and realized it is redirecting to a different address which shows nothing. We can not ably establish for exactly how long the site has been down but we can confirm that …

Comedy Store UG CEO Alex Muhangi has come clean against the rumors that he acted as a chief engineer during the arrest of four Radio Simba presenters who also double as the Bizonto Comedy group last week. While cleaning the dirt off his name, Muhangi explained how he first received a call at 8:00am from a Police officer who identified …