Rukungiri; Rukungiri Police have summoned a health inspector attached to Rukungiri Municipal Council to assist in investigations into allegations of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. According to a summons issued by the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) at Rukungiri Police Station on June 16, 2026, Asimwe Evas, a Health Inspector at... Read More
Rukungiri: A 31-year-old man identified as Akim Murangira, a resident of Ruhiita Cell, Burombe Parish, Ruhinda Sub-county in Rukungiri District, is accused of defiling an 11-year-old primary school pupil from the same parish. The case was heard on June 4, at the Rukungiri Grade One Magistrate’s Court. Grade One Magistrate... Read More
Rukungiri: Residents of Rwenanura cell in Nyabiteete parish, Buyanja Sub-county have this afternoon June 3, been left in shock after a woman identified as Patience Akankwatsa allegedly murdered his husband Bruce Niwamanya. A reliable source indicates that Akankwatsa killed Niwamanya, after accusing him of marrying another wife identified as Shivani... Read More
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District are investigating a suspected suicide incident involving a 10-year-old boy. The deceased has been identified as Benedicto Gumisiriza, a pupil at Mutariga Primary School and a resident of Nyamubogore Cell, Nyeibingo Parish, Kebisoni Sub-county in Rukungiri District. According to Kigezi Region Police spokesperson ASP Elly... Read More
Rukungiri: Residents of Rwenkurijo Cell in Buyanja Sub-county were left shocked last night Sunday May 3, after a man was caught transporting a suspected stolen pig along Kihunga Road, allegedly on his way to sell it in Rukungiri Town. The suspect was identified as Justus Akankwasa, a resident of Butinde... Read More
Kanungu: Police in Kanungu District have launched investigations into a shocking attempted murder incident in which a man’s hand was cut off during a violent confrontation with his worker. According to the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, ASP Elly Maate, the victim has been identified as Eriabu Aineplani, a resident of... Read More
Rukungiri: A 40-year-old man, Titus Kusiima, a resident of Kinyamahwa Cell, Kinyamahwa Parish in Nyakagyeme Sub-county, Rukungiri District, has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing his two biological daughters. The victims, aged 7 and 12, whose identities are withheld because they are minors, are said to have been... Read More
National: A court in Kampala has today April 10, denied bail to National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy spokesperson Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, meaning he will not attend the burial of his wife. Mufumbiro had applied for bail so he could attend the burial of his wife, Edith Katende Mufumbiro, who recently... Read More
National: The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court has today April 10, sentenced Bududa District Woman MP Agnes Nandutu to four years in prison for illegally acquiring and possessing government iron sheets meant for vulnerable Karachuna in Karamoja. Trial judge Jane Okuo ruled that the time Nandutu spent on remand... Read More
Rukungiri: An intelligence-led joint security operation conducted by the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force has led to the arrest of 52 suspects in Rukungiri Municipality, Rukungiri District. The operation was carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at about 12:30 a.m., targeting... Read More