Rukungiri: A midwife at Bugangari Health Centre IV in Rukungiri District was on Thursday morning beaten by a caregiver whose wife had just undergone surgery and delivered a dead baby. The incident occurred on November 20, 2025 at around 9:40am within the health facility premises in Bugangari Sub-county, Rujumbura Constituency.... Read More
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District have arrested a 23-year-old woman for allegedly impersonating a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) candidate at Bugangari Secondary School. The suspect, identified as Cleophas Mbamanyire, a student at Kampala University, Luwero Campus, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with Education, is accused of sitting for... Read More
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District have arrested two teenage suspects over the murder of 14-year-old Kam Twinamatsiko, a student and resident of Nyarurambi Cell, Kasheshe Parish, Buyanja Sub County. The incident happened on November 7, 2025, at around 8:00 p.m., when the deceased and his friend Edwin Niwenyesiga were reportedly... Read More
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District are investigating the suspected murder of a 39-year-old man identified as Pius Kyarisima, a resident of Kibare Cell, Western Division. Kyarisima’s lifeless body was discovered in his bed on November 6, 2025, at around 9:00 p.m., with visible injuries on his forehead and feet, suggesting... Read More
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District are investigating circumstances under which a 27-year-old man was lynched by a mob over alleged theft of a goat. The deceased has been identified as Allan Mwesigye, a resident of Kacence cell, Kacence parish, Nyakishenyi sub-county in Rukungiri district. According to police, the incident happened... Read More
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District are hunting for a man suspected of brutally murdering his lover following a domestic dispute in Buhunga Sub-county. The suspect, identified as Amon Gumisiriza, a resident of Kagando cell, Kabingo parish, Buhunga Sub-county, is accused of killing 46-year-old Evalyn Tusiime, a resident of Kigariko cell,... Read More
Rukungiri: Thieves have broken into Kitojo Church of Uganda Parish in Nyabiteete Archdeaconry during the early hours of October 19th, 2025, and stolen church property and cash worth millions of shillings. While preaching during a Sunday service at St. Luke’s Church of Uganda, Rugarama Sub-parish, the Parish Priest, Rev. Nathan... Read More
Kisoro: Grief and fear have gripped Kisoro District following renewed highway armed robberies in which over 2.5 million shillings was stolen from two businessmen at gunpoint. The insecurity has resurfaced along the Kisoro–Mucha–Mukozi–Kasharara road in Nyundo Sub-County, a key tourism route that generates significant revenue for the government through foreign... Read More
Kisoro: Residents of Busigi Village in Mupaka Town Council, Kisoro District, are accusing their LC1 Chairperson, Johnson Ngomanziza, of blocking the repatriation of a deceased Congolese national’s body to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) unless the family paid him an unlawful fee of 200,000 Ugandan Shillings. The incident followed... Read More
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District are investigating the suspected murder of a 38-year-old man who was allegedly assaulted to death by unknown assailants in Bwambara Sub-county. The deceased, identified as Okello Dismus, was reportedly employed as a casual labourer for the past two years by Annet Rwemereza, a resident of... Read More