Tag: Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI)

Nine Convicted Over Susan Magara’s Murder

The High Court in Kampala has convicted nine people for the kidnap and murder of businesswoman Susan Magara in 2018. On Monday, the court presided over by Justice Alex Mackay Ajiji found Yusuf Lubega, Mahad Kisalita, Ismail Bukenya, Abubaker Kyewokya, Hassan Wasswa, Abbas Musa Buwembo, Hussein Kato Miiro, Hajjara Nakandi and Muzamir Ssali guilty of […]

Ex–Spy Boss Maj Gen James Birungi Denied Bail In Treachery Case

The General Court Martial sitting at Makindye, chaired by Brig Gen Richard Tukacungurwa has denied bail to the former Director of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) now the Chieftaincy of Defence Intelligence and Security (CDIS), Maj Gen James Birungi, over a failure to provide sureties in the treachery and offences related to security case […]

Beaten, Abandoned, Then Charged: The Ordeal of Fredrick Namara Karuhanga Under the Shadow of UPDF’s Major Mark Wanyama

For days, Fredrick Namara Karuhanga lay unconscious after a brutal assault that nearly claimed his life in March 2023. Severely beaten, abandoned along the lakeshores of Mbeya Island in Mukono District, and stripped of his property, Namara survived only after marine soldiers intervened and rushed him for medical attention. He later opened a criminal case, […]

Bobi Wine Mourns Death of NUP’s Marinos

The President of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu a.k.a Bobi Wine has mourned the passing on of staunch NUP supporter Marinos Alexandros who was allegedly abducted, tortured and raped by officers under the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) in 2022 at Mbuya. According to a post on his X handle on […]