Browsing by Author "Bagala, Andrew"

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    4,000 CID detectives to be vetted afresh.
    (daily monitor, 2018-02-12) Bagala, Andrew
    The Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, has ordered the vetting of all the detectives and intelligence officers in the police directorates of criminal investigations and intelligence. Gen Kayihura said the vetting and retraining of detectives and intelligence officers is one of the 13 strategic tasks in their three-year plan, to build the capacity of the two directorates that have been a subject of public criticism over high crime rates in the country.
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    43 US visa applicants arrested.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-17) Bagala, Andrew
    The United States Embassy has, sine July last year, arrested 43 visa applicants suspected of presenting fake documents and handed them over to police for prosecution. The Senior Regional Security Officer at the US Embassy, Mr. James V. Bloomer, said the suspects tried to use the fake documents to obtain a visa to travel to the US.
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    60,000 to get free yellow fever vaccination.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-03) Bagala, Andrew
    More than 60,000 people are expected to receive free vaccination against yellow fever starting today at Kololo Independence Grounds. The spokesman of National Medical Stores (NMS), Mr. Dan Kimosho, said more doctors and nurses have been deployed to deal with the huge numbers. "We have increased the number of medical officers to 20 doctors and 100 nurses to deal with the numbers of people who will come for yellow fever vaccination.
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    7,000 arrested in police operations since January.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-03) Bagala, Andrew; Muyobo, Karim
    More than 7,000 people have been netted in security swoops across the country since January this year. Data that Daily Monitor has compiled from the records shared by security agencies since January 1, show the majority of the 7,000 suspects were arrested from Kampala Metropolitan Area during a police operation codenamed Fukuza Mafisadi.
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    Bankers speak out on mafia in banking system
    (Daily monitor, 2016-12-30) Bagala, Andrew
    Uganda Bankers Association and Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) have dismissed allegations by the police chief that the banking sector has been infiltrated by the mafia outfit that connive with bank employees to defraud their customers. On Wednesday, the Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, warned the public of electronic fraudsters, who are colluding with bank officials and security personnel, to steal money from unsuspecting customers' accounts.
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    Bird flu breaks out in uganda.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-01-16) Bagala, Andrew
    Confirmation. Mr. Ssempijja says specimens taken from white-winged tern birds that died on masse on lake victoria shores in Lutembe, Wakiso district, have turned positive to the deadly disease.
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    Bird Flu: Poultry farmers may lose shs7b in exports annually.
    (New Vision, 2017-01-19) Bagala, Andrew; Ssekweyama, Martins E
    Investigations: Epidemiologists from the Ministry of Agriculture have started combing landing sites and villages to investigate the magnitude of the problem. Uganda poultry farmers could lose an average of Shs7b as a result of a ban on export of poultry products to Rwanda and Kenya following an outbreak of bird flu in the country last week.
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    Court sentences man to death for killing girlfriend.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-13) Bagala, Andrew
    Fumigators were spraying rental houses of Abdul Hamid juma at kajwa zone in Bukasa, Makindye division in Kampala district on january 2010 whey they discovered half naked decomposing body of a woman in a septic tank.
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    Districts with highest, low crime.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-31) Bagala, Andrew
    Kampala City division and the districts of Wakiso, Luweero, Mukono, Torooro and Ntungamo registered the highest number of criminal cases in the country, the Annual crime report of 2025 shows.
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    Ex-flying squad operative remanded over extortion.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-04-13) Bagala, Andrew
    Court has remanded a former flying squad unit operative on allegations of demanding money with menace from a Ugandan diplomat, whom he had falsely reported that he was conspiring to murder his wife.
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    Faulty traffic light sow chaos on Kampala roads
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-15) Bagala, Andrew
    If you are attempting to cross any major junctions in kampala city, you have to be extra careful because the traffic light signals are sometimes misleading
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    Four more Among's cars seized.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-05-21) Bagala, Andrew
    Ms Among is under investigation over alleged illicit enrichment, abuse of office and financial mismanagement.
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    Ggaba murder suspect's relatives claim he had mental illness.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-04-07) Bagala, Andrew
    The relatives of a suspect in the billing of feur children at Ggaba childhood development programme told police that he was suffering from mental illness.
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    Government shelves rollout of new speed limit rules.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-09) Bagala, Andrew
    The enforcement of the automated Express Penalty Scheme (EPS Auto) and new speed limit regulations has hit a roadblock nearly a year after the government suspended its rollout, following threats by motorists to strike in protest.
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    Govt softens on speed limit and traffic fines.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-26) Bagala, Andrew
    The ministry of works and transport has proposed softer amendments to the suspended traffic laws that will see the raising of speed limit in some sections and lowering of fines associated with speeding offences.
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    How disgruntled police officer exposed Shs25b drug scandal.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-11-04) Bagala, Andrew
    Police Flying Squad Unit is hunting for the Commissioner in charge of Narcotics, Mr. Tinka Zarugaba and three others after they eluded arrest on Thursday at the Directorate of Criminate Investigations. Police authorities have arrested the commandant of Very Important Persons Protection Unit (VIPPU), senior commissioner of police Lodovic Awita
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    How new Naivasha- Malaba SGR will reshape commerce.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-11) Bagala, Andrew
    The construction of the Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba standard gauge railway(SGR), which starts on Friday next week, will cut the travel time of cargo from the port of Mombasa to the Uganda border by six hours.
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    How Ugandans will benefit from visa-free travel to SA
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-02-25) Bagala, Andrew
    Many Ugandans live, work and study in South Africa, while South Africans are engaged in Uganda’s service, trade and manufacturing sectors.
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    Hurdles awaiting new Kampala police chief.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-02-19) Bagala, Andrew
    IGP Abas Byakagaba replaced Mr Richard Ecega with Mr Ezekiel Emitu, as the commander of KMP.
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    Japan to fund Kampala flyover phase 2.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-19) Bagala, Andrew
    The Government of Japan has confirmed funding for the construction of the second phase of the Kampala Flyover project, aimed at easing traffic congestion and reducing flooding along Jinja Road. The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Katumba Wamala, shared the news yesterday.