The suspected criminals were arrested on Tuesday night in an intelligence-led operation conducted jointly by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and the police in conjunction with other sister security agencies.
On June 17, 2024, Ayimbisibwe’s lifeless body was discovered wrapped in a sack and dumped in a coffee plantation in the same area. According to Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson, the body had bruises on the neck, indicating that the killers may have strangled him before dumping the body.
The exhumation followed the arrest of Jackson Muhindo a self-styled witch doctor who was accused of having a hand in the death of Mary Biira Shamimu, the wife, and his brother Kabutusi Muhunga.
“The lawyer established that the Muhongya Constantine who was being kept in Kireka was sleeping and staying with twelve other suspects, who recorded statements using this information the lawyer established that he slipped off in the bathroom and got injured in the chest leading to his death,” Enanga added.
Masika Zulufah, the General Secretary for Nyamwamba West local council, says that they had recieved reports from residents that there was a human skull in the area, usually used by thugs to scare their victims.
Josephat Muhindo, an eye witness explained that there were eight occupants in the house when the wind blew off the roof before the walls collapsed. He explained that while other occupants managed to run out for safety, Sindifayo was found covered in the rumbles moments later.
Police Spokesperson Michael Longole, says that security is very vigilant and had laid an ambush in a hotspot in Abim. On Friday police announced that they had already deployed in all hot spots in Karamoja including the routes often used by warriors to raid.
Cpl. John Francis Osema attached to Lorengechora CID department at Lorengechora police post was killed on Tuesday night by a UPDF soldier who was securing a vehicle which had caught fire.
Joyce Alungat, the Chairperson of Women’s Network Amudat explains that the rapists killed their victims with the purpose of defeating justices for their heinous crime. She said that the rapists killed the women in Karita, a cosmopolitan area along the Uganda- Kenya border area.
Selling petrol in bottles which is behind the frequent fires is now a booming business as boda boda riders and car owners prefer petrol in bottles to fueling form the fuel stations, where they say pump attendants cheat them by giving less than the specified amounts.
Sgt. Joyce Alioro reportedly released a prime suspect irregularly on Saturday after a burglary and theft offence at Kapuat Primary School in Napak district where thieves stole 58 mattresses and other property kept by the pupils at the school when schools closed for due to covid-19 pandemic.
The sensitization, headed by the Mt. Moroto Regional Police Commander Francis Chemustu, comprises of DPCs, Astu commandants, UPDF area commander GISOs and other security personnel.
According to the Mt. Moroto Regional Police Commander, Michael Longole, police received information that the girls were gathered at Alekilek in Napak district and were being transported in a taxi.
The ASTU Commander Elias Kasirabo says that if the traders or sellers fail to provide required documents relating to the sale or movement of cattle from one destination to another, police will hold the cattle as investigations continue.
Reports indicate that about four armed warriors entered Lokirus’s kraal and when he came out to find out what was happening, he was shot several times and the warriors fled .