Browsing: Police Assault
NAIROBI, Kenya — What was intended to be a solemn procession of “flowers and flags” ended in chaos on Monday as General Service Unit (GSU)…
FORT PORTAL, Uganda — The Tooro sub-region was placed under a massive security lockdown as the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni and opposition figure Robert Kyagulanyi…
GULU, Uganda — The Uganda Police Force has issued a statement expressing “regret” over the violent conduct displayed by its officers and Uganda People’s Defence…
ELDORET, Kenya — Two former police officers have been sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of torturing a 31-year-old man to…
HOMA BAY, Kenya — Mawego Police Station in Homa Bay County was set ablaze on Thursday by enraged protesters carrying the coffin of Albert Ojwang.…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Police in Kabete have successfully recovered an AK-47 rifle that was stolen from the Dagoretti Police Post during the violent demonstrations that…
THIKA, Kenya — A police constable from the Special Police Intercept and Verification (SPIV) unit, identified as Bernard Koome, was tragically shot dead on Wednesday…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police reportedly fired live bullets and teargas to disperse National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters at the party’s Makerere-Kavule offices on Tuesday,…
WAKISO, Uganda — Tensions ran high at the Wakiso Police Division on Monday 2, June 2025 evening following an incident where soldiers, purportedly from the…
MOMBASA, KENYA — Mumias East Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Salasya narrowly avoided apprehension at a Mombasa hotel on Saturday night, May 10, 2025, after residents…