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REFELECTIONS: Police Yet To Implement Museveni Directive On Bond Denial For Capital Offenses

REFELECTIONS: Police Yet To Implement Museveni Directive On Bond Denial For Capital Offenses

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, SHIFTMEDIA- The Inspector General of Police, Martins Okoth-Ochola, has ordered the director of Legal Services and Human Rights, Erasmus Twaruhukwa, to study President Museveni’s order on stopping police bond to suspects in…

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CONTROVERSY: Police Legal Department On The Spot Over Contradicting PSU Report Implicating Top Cops

CONTROVERSY: Police Legal Department On The Spot Over Contradicting PSU Report Implicating Top Cops

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda-SHIFT MEDIA—- The Uganda Police Legal Department is on the spot for failing to release an investigations report handled by the Professional Standards Unit (PSU) against the conduct of top detectives.…

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CAUTION: IGP Okoth Ochola Donates Bulls To Muslim Community, Warns On Celebrations

CAUTION: IGP Okoth Ochola Donates Bulls To Muslim Community, Warns On Celebrations

By LYDIA AMUYA OMECH KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- As scores of the Muslim fraternity celebrate Eid al Adha day, police has cautioned against crowding. The Inspector-General of Police John Martins Okoth Ochola has wished the Muslim brotherhood happy…

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RECYCLED: Police Phases Out White Uniforms For Traffic Officers

RECYCLED: Police Phases Out White Uniforms For Traffic Officers

By ROBERT KAMUKAMA KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- In 2018 the Inspector General of Police John Martins Okoth Ochola advised that only four of the 10 police sets of uniform would be retained. This directive gets implemented next week…

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ILLEGAL: Bobi Wine Sues Government Over Closure Of NUP Offices By Security

ILLEGAL: Bobi Wine Sues Government Over Closure Of NUP Offices By Security

By OKELLO ALLAN KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- National Unity Party President Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has sued government for the indefinite closure of his party offices by security personnel in the aftermath of the January 14 general…

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WANTED: Security Hunts For Iteso Leader PS Emolot Over Attempted Murder

WANTED: Security Hunts For Iteso Leader PS Emolot Over Attempted Murder

By PATRICK JARAMOGI MALABA, Uganda!SHIFTMEDIA! A combined force of security has launched a manhunt for Paul Sande Emolot, aka P S Emolot, the former Prime Minister of the Iteso Cultural Union(ICU). The Tororo businessman, who…

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PROBED: Top Police Officers Face Arrest Over Shs4.5b Fraud

PROBED: Top Police Officers Face Arrest Over Shs4.5b Fraud

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Pastor Sirajje Ssemanda of Revival Church Bombo worked with top police officers to defraud Ugandans of shs45b, it has emerged. Sirajje was arrested as he tried to sneak into Tanzania…

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Police Hunts For Ofwono Opondo Family Attackers

Police Hunts For Ofwono Opondo Family Attackers

BY AWORI ESTHER LUCY MUKONO, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| The family of Government Spokesman and Uganda Media Center Boss Ofwono Opondo are still recovering from shock following the Thursday night attack at their Mukono home by machete-wielding goons.…

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Police Restricts Access To Stations, Cells Due to COVID19 Surge

Police Restricts Access To Stations, Cells Due to COVID19 Surge

BY ROBERT KAMUKAMA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Hours after Kawempe Police Station in Kampala was closed after suspects tested positive for COVID19, the force has embarked on sensitizing its own regard safety measures. The training of the…

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Katwe DPC, 11 others Arrested Over Demolition Of Ndeeba Church

Katwe DPC, 11 others Arrested Over Demolition Of Ndeeba Church

BY ROBERT KAMUKAMA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Ugandans woke up to the rude shock after unknown gangs hired by a city tycoon demolished St. Peters Church of Uganda in Ndeeba. Loud cries filled the air waves in…

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