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News Uganda police: After presidential election, Ugandan police detain a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine

Published on: Wednesday 21 January 2026
After presidential election, Ugandan police detain a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/after-presidential-election-ugandan-police-detain-key-ally-129447736

Police have detained a key ally of Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine, accusing him of involvement in election-related violence ...

News Uganda police: Police raids UYD offices

Published on: Tuesday 13 August 2019
Police raids UYD offices
News source: https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1505441/police-raids-uyd-offices

KAMPALA - Police in Kampala have raided Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) offices and arrested some UYD members for allegedly printing and distributing propaganda T-shirts. The UYD offices were raided at ...

News Uganda police: Police raid DP youth offices, impound T-shirts honouring Bobi Wine's slain driver

Published on: Tuesday 13 August 2019
Police raid DP youth offices, impound T-shirts honouring Bobi Wine's slain driver
News source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Police-raid-DP-youth-offices--impound-T-shirts-/688334-5234440-14uy2i6z/index.html

Police on Tuesday raided offices of the Democratic Party youth wing, the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), and impounded T-shirts bearing words “Rest in Peace” in memory of Yasin Kawuma, the driver of ...

News Uganda police: Uganda: Police Officer Charged Over Shs100,000 Bribe

Published on: Tuesday 13 August 2019
Uganda: Police Officer Charged Over Shs100,000 Bribe
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908130802.html

A Police detective who was arrested in connection with soliciting a bribe of Shs100,000 to frustrate a case has been charged with corruption-related offenses. Mr Tom Embish Alyanga, a police ...

News Uganda police: Uganda Turns to Tech to Curb Violent Crime

Published on: Saturday 10 August 2019
Uganda Turns to Tech to Curb Violent Crime
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908110219.html

Godfrey Mutabazi the Uganda Communications Commission executive director and Kale Kayihura the Police Chief at the time argued that use of national identity cards would enable traceability of ...

News Uganda police: Uganda to Register, Monitor Social Media Influencers

Published on: Thursday 08 August 2019
Uganda to Register, Monitor Social Media Influencers
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/08/08/technology/08reuters-uganda-communications.html

Influencers on Ugandan social media and others with large, commercialized online followings must henceforth register their activities for monitoring by the state, the country's communications regulator said on Thursday.

News Uganda police: Ugandan Police Now Claim Ziggy Wine Died in Road Accident

Published on: Wednesday 07 August 2019
Ugandan Police Now Claim Ziggy Wine Died in Road Accident
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908080005.html

Police in Uganda have claimed that upcoming artist, Micheal Kalinda, aka Ziggy Wine, succumbed to injuries sustained during a motorbike accident. Ziggy Wine, who was a close associate of Ugandan ...

News Uganda police: Uganda: More Military Men Don Police Uniform As Uganda Polls Loom

Published on: Sunday 14 July 2019
Uganda: More Military Men Don Police Uniform As Uganda Polls Loom
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201907150043.html

Two weeks ago, Ugandans on social and mainstream media went into a frenzy after president Yoweri Museveni made a major shake-up of the police hierarchy, appointing four senior army officers to key positions, in a move interpreted as a preparation for the conduct of the 2021 elections.

News Uganda police: Uganda: Police Urges Mobile Money Operators to Hire Guards

Published on: Thursday 13 June 2019
Uganda: Police Urges Mobile Money Operators to Hire Guards
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201906130700.html

Kampala, Uganda — The Police has advised operators of mobile money to hire private security guards. The development comes in the wake of rampant mobile money attacks. Armed thugs have in the ...

News Uganda police: The Latest: More dead in family that brought Ebola to Uganda

Published on: Thursday 13 June 2019
The Latest: More dead in family that brought Ebola to Uganda
News source: https://www.newsday.com/news/world/the-latest-congo-starts-giving-ebola-vaccine-to-some-babies-1.32329087

A 5-year-old boy in Uganda vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim ... He says they have paid for incentives and logistic support for police and others, often at the request of Congo's ...

News Uganda police: Uganda: Police Free UPDF Soldiers Arrested At Robbery Scene

Published on: Thursday 13 June 2019
Uganda: Police Free UPDF Soldiers Arrested At Robbery Scene
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201906140412.html?bcmt=1

Two soldiers attached to a Major General of the Uganda People's Defence Forces, who were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being part of a robbery gang in Kampala city, were released yesterday. ...

News Uganda police: Uganda: Police Recover Illicit Drugs Worth Shs3.2b At Entebbe Airport

Published on: Tuesday 14 May 2019
Uganda: Police Recover Illicit Drugs Worth Shs3.2b At Entebbe Airport
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905150119.html?bcmt=1

Kampala — Police have seized narcotic drugs worth Shs3.2bn (US$853,328) and arrested seven suspects in just three days at Entebbe International Airport. The seven suspects are being held on ...

News Uganda police: See how Idi Amin built a dictatorship in Uganda.

Published on: Sunday 12 May 2019
See how Idi Amin built a dictatorship in Uganda.
News source: https://www.wlrn.org/post/see-how-idi-amin-built-dictatorship-uganda

Amin was perhaps most notorious for his violence and brutality. As dictator, he used his secret police to transform Uganda into a police state. In the first year alone, an estimated 10,000 people were ...

News Uganda police: Uganda: Stop Blocking Opposition Party Meetings, Rugunda Tells Police

Published on: Thursday 16 May 2019
Uganda: Stop Blocking Opposition Party Meetings, Rugunda Tells Police
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905160577.html

Kampala — Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has directed the Uganda Police Force to stop imposing their own guidelines while implementing the Public Order Management Act (POMA). Speaking to ...

News Uganda police: As Uganda targets a pop star rival, media under pressure

Published on: Friday 17 May 2019
As Uganda targets a pop star rival, media under pressure
News source: https://www.tri-cityherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article230562039.html

Police have prevented Wine from holding concerts in recent ... Ronald Kabuye, a spokesman for the Uganda Journalists Association, told The Associated Press that his group would seek court orders ...

News Uganda police: Police in Uganda make arrests in kidnapping of Costa Mesa woman who was later released

Published on: Tuesday 16 April 2019
News source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/04/09/ugandan-police-make-arrests-in-kidnapping-of-costa-mesa-woman-who-was-later-released/

Police in Uganda said several arrests have been made in the kidnapping of a Costa Mesa woman, who was ambushed last week while she was on safari in Africa and later released by her captors, ...

News Uganda police: Nabayunga was not kidnapped, she is safe - Police

Published on: Wednesday 24 April 2019
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/nabayunga-was-not-kidnapped-she-is-safe-police/ar-BBWh6yh

She had her own problems, which problems the family & Police are handling.We want 2 thank everyone who contributed in one way or another during the search for her pic.twitter.com/fxZJYNdaSR — Uganda ...

News Uganda police: Uganda: Bobi Barred From Taking Protest Letter to Police

Published on: Tuesday 23 April 2019
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201904240332.html

Kampala — Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, was yesterday blocked by police from delivering his letter to police to notify them of his plan to lead countrywide peaceful ...