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
Rukungiri: Police in Rukungiri District have launched investigations into a suspected case of arson after part of Rukungiri Inn Hotel’s bar section was set ablaze. According to police reports, the incident occurred on Sunday September 14, 2025, at around 6:00 a.m. when the hotel’s security guard, Job Mwesigye, noticed smoke... Read More
Rukungiri: A section of residents in Murama parish, Nyakishenyi sub-county, Rukungiri district have expressed relief following the arrest of their Parish Chief, Justus Twesigomwe, and the Murama PDM Sacco chairperson, Frank Tweheyo, over alleged financial misconduct in the government’s Parish Development Model (PDM) program. The arrests, which happened on September... Read More
Rukungiri: A shocking incident has left residents of Buyanja Sub-county, Rukungiri district in fear after a man identified as Anthony Begumisa allegedly killed a young boy and injured another person with a panga. The incident happened September at around 8:00 pm in Kishonga Upper Cell, Rubanga Parish. A 6-year-old boy,... Read More
Kisoro: The territorial police in Kisoro are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier in a suspected suicide by shooting. The deceased has been identified as RA. 267544 Pte. Samuel Kwesiga, 32, attached to Nyanamo detach under the 35th Battalion in Kisoro District.... Read More