Day: August 27, 2021

This follows the murder of a 70-year-old woman was last night. The deceased has been identified as Annet Nampijja, a resident of Kasaali-Masaka in Kimaanya-Kabonera division in Masaka city The incident happened at around 8 pm when the old woman who had gone to the kitchen to get food was attacked by the assailants. Police have now taken the body of the deceased to Masaka regional referral hospital for postmortem. Available records show that between July 22 and August 25, 17 people have been killed by machete-wielding thugs while 14 others are currently nursing serious injuries in the districts of Sembabule, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Masaka, and Bukomansimbi. The police spokesperson for the Southern region, Muhammad Nsubuga, has since revealed that preliminary investigations show that most of the ...

President Yoweri Museveni and Commander in Chief of armed forces has promoted the late Paul Lokech to the rank of Lieutenant General. This was in his statement read to him by Internal Affairs minister Gen. Kahinda Otafiire at the burial, he said that Lt. Gen Lockech was due to Lokech’s great contribution to the country. Museveni also hailed the former Police Deputy Inspector General for his bravery and integrity. He also promised to continue supporting the former IGP’s family. Lt Gen Paul Lokech died, suddenly, on Saturday last week. The cause of death was revealed to be two blood clots in his lung and ankle caused by an injury he sustained about two weeks ago. At the send off at Paipir Primary School in Padre district, was the former president of Somalia, H.E Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who laid ...