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1 week ago |
monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abas Byakagaba has condemned the raid of Lubowa Police Station by soldiers and said joint police-army investigations have started, in a bid to hold the wrongdoers responsible. In an exclusive interview on May 5, IGP Byakagaba vowed that those culpable in the raid would account for their actions. “We are carrying out investigations of that incident jointly. The people behind it will be held responsible,” he said.
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1 week ago |
monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala
It has emerged that soldiers who raided Lubowa Police Station on the Kampala-Entebbe highway and beat up police officers and civilians on Wednesday afternoon, had been sent to the estate to foil a suspected assassination of a high profile judicial officer. A source, who preferred anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case, said security agencies had got a tip off about an attempt to assassinate a judicial officer residing in Lubowa Housing Estate.
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1 week ago |
monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala
What you need to know:The government has been threatening to de-gazette PSOs and send tens of thousands of workers home after their financial status dropped due to high taxes and levies Private security organisations (PSOs) are fighting for their survival as operational costs continue to increase, putting thousands of jobs on the line.
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2 weeks ago |
monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala
What you need to know:ASP Sunday attempted to escape from the errant soldiers to his office to pick up a gun that had been left on his table, the lieutenant grabbed it first and cocked it. A dozen Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers led by a personnel at the rank of lieutenant on Wednesday evening raided Lubowa Police Station in Kampala and disarmed all policemen, including the officer-in-charge before detaining them and over 10 civilians, who had gone to report different cases.
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2 weeks ago |
monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala
What you need to know:The retired police officer, who succumbed to cancer, shot to prominence during the April 2011 Walk-to-Work protests led by the Opposition. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired) Sam Omala, 65, who rose to prominence during Opposition walk-to-work protests that started in April 2011, has died. ACP Omala, alias Musajja wa Kabaka (Buganda Kingdom subject), yesterday succumbed to prostate cancer.
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