Uganda to split aviation regulator from airport operations by 2027
UCAA Director General Fred Bamwesigye addresses the media at the end of a full-scale aviation security exercise in Entebbe on June 26, 2026. Photo by Eve Muganga.The Ugan...
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Why Police Tactics Are Falling Short on Kidnapping For Ransom Cases
Security experts are warning that inadequate investment in kidnapping investigation skills has left law enforcement agencies exposed, fueling public anxiety as kidnapping...
Seven-Year-Old Kidnapped, Killed in Kyenjojo
Police in Kyenjojo are holding two suspects accused of orchestrating the kidnap of a seven- year -old boy and later killed him after demanding ransom.Spokesperson, Kituum...
Police Recover Decomposing Body After Suspects Demand Shs1.5 M Ransom
Police in Kyenjojo District have arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged kidnap and murder of a seven-year-old boy who was reportedly strangled to death.The...
Katumba Katumba Wamala Decries “Loss of Humanity” Amid Rising Kidnaps and Killingsa
Public Service Minister Gen. Katumba Wamala has called on religious leaders to openly condemn what he described as a “complete loss of humanity” in Uganda, citing a s...
52-year-old real estate dealer suffocated to death by kidnappers with a polythene bag despite family paying Shs7 million of Shs19 million ransom demanded
Police have arrested two men over the kidnap and murder of Lydia Babirye, a 52-year-old real estate dealer based in Kampala. The arrests were made by the Flying Squad und...
Woman Kidnapped for Ransom Found Dead in Wakiso, Two Suspects Arrested
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 52-year-old Babirye Lydia, whose body was recovered from a house in Wakiso District days...
Kidnapped, Ransomed and Killed: Police Probe Murder of Ntinda Woman as Kampala Crime Fears Grow
According to police, Lydia was reported missing at Old Kampala Police Station on June 4, 2026, after she allegedly disappeared while traveling from Busunju along Mityana...
Abducted school director’s wife dumped near home
The wife of a school director in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District, who was abducted by unidentified armed men, was on Saturday night dumped near her home after nearly...
Police Rescue Kidnapped Nurse and Son in Mbarara After Four-Day Search
MBARARA, UGANDA — Police in Mbarara District, working together with sister security agencies, have rescued a nurse from Kashongi Health Centre III in Kiruhura District...