Police in Kabale district are holding five of their own in connection with an incident in which suspects escaped from cells at Kabale Central Police Station.
A special police constable attached to Lira Central police station has been arrested over alleged negligence that led to the escape of seven suspects on Wednesday.
The Uganda Prisons department is still hunting for a prisoner who escaped from Luzira Upper Prison 37 years ago. The prisons authorities still hope to re-arrest Sergeant Lawrence Sokoro and charge him for escaping from lawful custody.