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Kanungu District police are holding Twinomuhwezi Phillip on allegations of stealing coffee beans belonging to Onesmus Asiimwe, a resident of Ntabagwe Cell, Kihembe Parish, Kanyantorogo Sub-county. The incident was reported by Asiimwe, the garden owner, at Kanungu Police Station. According to ASP Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, the theft occurred on the night […]
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Police in Rukungiri District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 19-year-old man in a motor vehicle accident at Kyomera Trading Centre, Bugangari Sub- County, along the Bugangari-Bikurungu murram road. The deceased, identified as Edwin Akoragye, a casual laborer and resident of Nyakinengo Cell, Nyabiteete Parish, Bugangari Sub- County, was fatally injured by […]
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Residents from Muyanje Ward and Bigungiro Parish in Nyamweru Subcounty Rubanda District, today marched to Kigezi Regional Police Headquarters, demanding the release of fellow villagers arrested in connection with a mob attack on a suspected thief. The protesting residents hailed from seven villages: Rwamuzuka, Kagoyi, Keru, Ikamiro, Nyakabingo, Nyamiyaga, and Rwakaruma, all within Bigungiro Parish, […]
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Six members of the Pentecost Assemblies of God Church were arrested on Monday, September 14, 2024, in Tubur Sub-County, Dakabela County, Soroti District, for allegedly sabotaging government programs aimed at alleviating poverty. The arrested individuals, identified as Ebwolu Moses (church pastor), Omolo Simon, Lookout Abraham, Anyaiti Julius, Abuko Sarah, and Apoloti Jenifer, are accused of […]
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Four individuals accused of vandalizing and stealing solar street lights in Kabale Municipality have been sentenced after pleading guilty to the offenses. The accused, Derrick Tayebwa alias Kiburara (25), a resident of Habubare village, Rubanda district; Gerevazio Ampaire alias Muhumuza (18), from Kigongi village, Kabale Municipality; Martin Muhereza (28), of Hamurwa town council; Arineitwe Editor […]
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The Grade I court in Masindi district has remanded a Rwandan National to Masindi government prison on allegation of sodomizing 12 young boys. The court presided over by Magistrate Celesa Biwaga today remanded Kolode Nzabonimba 50, a resident of Myeba village in kimengo Sub County till 17th October 2024 when he will appear in court. Biwaga […]
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The territorial police in Kabale are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified male adult, whose body was discovered in a swamp at Rwakihirwa Cell, Kamuganguzi Sub-county Kabale District. According to a police statement, it is alleged that on 10/10/2024, at around 5:45 a.m., unknown suspects, with malice aforethought, caused the death of […]
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Kabale Regional Referral Hospital is appealing to the public to help identify the body of an unidentified male adult, which has been at the hospital since October 2, 2024. The body was discovered along the road in Kamuterere Village, Kakore Parish, Hamurwa Sub-county, Rubanda District. The deceased, believed to be between 30 and 40 years […]
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Police in Rukungiri District have launched a manhunt for a man accused of killing his elder brother during a family dispute. The suspect, identified as Ategyeka Banabas, a resident of Katooma Cell in Kigaaga Parish, Nyakagyeme Sub-county, Rukungiri District, is on the run after allegedly murdering his biological brother, Henry Mugarura, a 48-year-old UPDF veteran. […]
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Police in Kisoro District are investigating the circumstances under which a 56-year-old man, reportedly intoxicated, committed suicide in Gakware village, Sooko parish, Muramba Sub-county. The deceased, identified as Kabonye Girigori, was a resident of Gakware village in Kisoro District. According to a police statement, it is alleged that on September 30, 2024, at around 12:30 […]
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