Residents of Nabuta Village in Goma Division, Mukono Municipality, are gripped by fear after armed robbers raided their trading centre on Wednesday night, killing a mobile money agent and looting several shops.

The deceased has been identified as Peter Ssekamate Derrick, a well-known mobile money operator in the area. He was shot in the chest by the assailants during the attack that occurred at around 11:00 p.m. on November 5, 2025.

Kampala Metropolitan Police arrested over 170 suspects in a crackdown on criminal gangs, narcotics, and black spots. The operations targeted networks involved in robberies, phone snatching, and drug abuse.

In a coordinated series of security operations across multiple divisions, the Kampala Metropolitan Police have arrested more than 170 suspects in a major crackdown targeting criminal gangs, narcotics, and black spots. The operations, which took place between November 3 and 4, 2025, aimed to dismantle networks involved in robberies, phone snatching, and drug abuse.

Police in Mukono District have arrested six students of Bishop Senior Secondary School, Mukono, over their alleged involvement in an arson incident that occurred at the institution last week.

According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango, the suspects, all Senior Four candidates who had just completed their Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations, were handed over to police by the school administration after an internal probe linked them to a dormitory fire that broke out during a student strike.

Authorities in Mukono Municipality, in the village of Ngandu, have arrested a young man said to be a boda boda (motorcycle taxi) rider after he was found late at night with pieces of railway metal suspected to have been stolen.

The suspect, identified as Sharif Kirunda, a resident of Mbalala village in Nama Subcounty, Mukono District, was apprehended by locals who were patrolling their area around 10 p.m.

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