Police crackdown nets 100 suspects

Police crackdown nets 100 suspects Suspected pickpockets whom the Police rounded up in Kampala’s Kisenyi slum areas being taken to court OLD Kampala Police station yesterday said officers had arrested over 100 suspected pickpockets and muggers in a dawn swoop in Kisenyi slum areas. Commander Fenny Kyomukama said the operation followed a public outcry over the rise in crime in the area. More...

UPDF arrests Congolese rebels THE UPDF captured 14 armed insurgents from renegade Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda’s group as they crossed into western Uganda, the army spokesman said yesterday. More...

Bukoto MP tours home in helicopter Nsambu (second-left) poses for photos at Ssunga in Bukoto, Masaka, after a rally MINISTER John Chrizestom Alintuma Nsambu stirred up excitement when he toured his Bukoto East constituency in a helicopter. More... Today's Column Why did Kony slam the door in the face of peacemakers? THE Chinese say “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”. It was possible to rationalise about the no show by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony on April 10, 2008 when literally the whole world held its breath waiting for him to sign the agreement negotiated between his delegates and the delegates of the Government of Uganda. More... Editorial Makerere needs creative fund drive MAKERERE University last week hosted its alumni, old boys and girls, to a party. At the party, the university administration outlined to its alumni its dire need for funds and called for donations to help it tide over its current financial crisis. More...