A 40-year-old woman has been further remanded to Luzira Prison after appearing before the Senior Magistrate’s Court in Mukono on charges of murdering her husband and concealing his body with the alleged assistance of her children.
The United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI), in collaboration with the Afro-Arab Youth Council, has raised urgent concerns over critical weaknesses in Africa’s criminal justice systems—particularly the shortage of cybercrime trainers, lack of electronic evidence skills, and fears that crime data transparency could harm tourism.
During Easter prayers in Mukono, Samuel Lwandasa, the leader of Born-Again churches in Greater Mukono and Bishop of Mt. Lebanon Christian Centre Cathedral, delivered a strong message condemning the growing cases of murder, corruption, and moral decline in Uganda.
Law enforcement officers backed by the army and police began a major operation this morning to remove hundreds of illegal street vendors operating along roads that were recently widened under a major road expansion project in Mukono town.
In a chilling case that has shocked residents of Kitebe village in Seeta Nazigo parish, Nakisunga sub-county, Mukono District, a mother, her 16-year old daughter, and the daughter’s 17-year-old boyfriend have been remanded in custody on charges of murdering the girl’s father.