19 Women Killed - Ugandan Ministers Asked to Offer Solutions
A spate of killings which has left 19 women dead in the Entebbe, Katabi and Nansana municipalities over the last three months has prompted parliamentary speaker Rebecca Kadaga to summon the ministers of internal affairs and security to offer explanations to the House.
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga
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Uganda:
Women Murders - Kadaga Tasks Tumukunde, Odongo to Explain
Monitor, 29 August 2017
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the Minister of Security Henry Tumukunde and his internal affairs counterpart, Gen Jeje Odong to explain the rampant killings of… Read more »
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Uganda:
Security Agencies Need to Get Their Act Together Over Wakiso Murders
Observer, 30 August 2017
In the last three months, some 19 young women have been murdered in Wakiso district, especially around Entebbe municipality, Katabi town council and Nansana municipality. Read more »
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Uganda:
Authorities Must Unite to End Killings
Monitor, 30 August 2017
The intervention by security minister Henry Tumukunde in the mysterious killings of young women in Entebbe and Nansana municipalities, both in Wakiso District, is commendable. And… Read more »
InFocus
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A total of 19 women and girls have been brutally murdered in both the Entebbe and Nansana municipalities over the past few months, with two bodies found just this week. Read more »