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Daily Monitor Sunday April 04 2021 Ms Peace Tukamusa Kyarubingo holds a picture of her husband, who was killed last month. Photo | Edgar R Batte Summary On the night of March 10, Frank Byaruhanga left home but did not return, sending his family into panic as they combed the neighbourhood, police stations, friends’ home to find him but in vain. Advertisement She holds her chin by the left hand, her eyes gazing in a distance, past the playful children. Peace Tukamusa Kyarubingo’s eyes tell of...

By Juliet Nalwooga The Uganda Police force has this morning unveiled a new mainly all khaki uniform for its officers.

By Juliet Nalwooga A policeman in Mukono has succumbed to injuries he sustained after hitting himself with a canister while

Daily Monitor Wednesday February 03 2021 The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Tuesday dropped charges of escaping from lawful custody against Superintendent of Police, Mr Martin Odero. Mr Odero, a senior police officer in the Field Force Unit, had been arrested in connection to the demolition of St Peters Church Ndeeba last year. When the case came up before Buganda Road Court Magistrate Tuesday, the state prosecutor Ms Patricia Chingtho presented the letter showing that the DPP Jane F...

When Caty McKinney joined the Missouri State Highway Patrol five years ago, it is likely she never expected to help provide security at a presidential inauguration. That is just what she did, however, along with four other patrol members, last Wednesday in Washington as President Joe Biden took his oath of office. "It was an honor to go out there and be part of that experience," McKinney said. "It was kind of a surreal experience being out there with all the other law enforcement agencies." McK...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 19 2021 A police patrol pick-up truck parked at the gate of the headquarters of NUP offices in Kamwokya, Kampala, yesterday. PHOTO/ ABUBAKER LUBOWA Advertisement                                      The National Unity Platform (NUP) offices were yesterday surrounded by army and police, blocking all party members and leaders from accessing the office.  Police said the siege was aimed at neutralising security threats that had been detected.  By t...

Jan. 15—Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp issued a warning on Friday to anyone who is thinking about participating in any violent or armed protests before or during Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. “Any person participating in illegal conduct will be identified,

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 29 2020 Mr Amuriat is supported by his security team to walk after police pepper-sprayed his eyes in Bugiri Town yesterday. PHOTO | RACHEL MABALA Summary Mr Amuriat yesterday exited Bugiri Town heading to Busia for the next campaign meeting. But shortly outside Bugiri Town, he found a security roadblock and his convoy was stopped.  Police have deployed at district border points in eastern region allegedly to block Mr Amuriat. But FDC says the conduct shows the le...

Daily Monitor Monday December 28 2020 NTV’s Ali Mivule (left) after he was shot in the thigh with a teargas canister in Masaka District yesterday. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA. Advertisement Security forces yesterday targeted three journalists covering presidential campaigns with teargas and rubber bullets, leaving them with injuries at Kyabakuza in Masaka District. The injured journalists are Mr Ali Mivule of NTV, Mr Ashraf Kasirye (Ghetto TV) and Mr Daniel Lutaaya (NBS TV). Mr Mivule said the day sta...

Daily Monitor Monday December 28 2020 Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine visits Mr Ashraf Kasirye, a Radio One journalist and an online Ghetto TV cameraman, at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital. PHOTOS/ DAVID LUBOWA Summary The bodyguard, Francis Senteza Kalibala, was run over by a truck at Busega in Wakiso District and later died at Rubaga hospital.   Another member of his press team, Mr Ashraf Kasirye, was also shot on the head and taken to Masaka Regional Refferal Hosp...