Tag: Uganda Prisons Service

Prison Warder Anguyo Remanded Over Kiboga Prison Shooting

The Kiboga Grade One Magistrate Jonard Tusasirwe has remanded Moses Anguyo, a prison warder attached to Kiboga Prison over shooting four people dead in February. On Tuesday, Anguyo who was recently arrested in Aru Town in DR Congo where he had fled after allegedly committing the four murders was jointly charged alongside three others who […]

Prisons Offers UGX 10 Million For Trigger Happy Warder

The Uganda Prisons Service has this evening offered a UGX 10 million reward to anyperson who offers information onnthe whereabouts of trigger happy warder Warder Anguyo Moses. In a public statement issued on Monday, the prisons service Commissioner General Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, has put a bounty of UGX 10,000,000 as a reward to anyone who […]

PFF Disputes Prisons Narrative on Besigye’s Health

The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has disputed the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) narrative that veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye is not in a deteriorating health condition and was only taken to a hospital in Bugolobi for a routine health check-up. In a statement released on their official X handle alongside a frail photo […]

Uganda Prisons Officer Dismissed Over Criticising NRM

The Uganda Prisons Service has dismissed Lawrence Ampe, a warder with Ngora Prisons from service over allegedly engaging in partisan politics and criticising the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) through social media. In a letter dated December 17, 2025, addressed to the Officer in Charge, Uganda Prisons Ngora, the Prisons council resolved to dismiss No. […]