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Police, army and KCCA raid Nakivubo Channel shelters in Kampala crackdown on suspected gangs

Civic Space & Media Freedom Official claim Kampala Apr 2026 (day not reported) Severity: 4/5

Police, the army and KCCA enforcement officers demolished makeshift shelters along the Nakivubo Channel and arrested 18 suspects, according to the Daily Monitor. Police said the arrests were part of a wider crackdown in which 118 people, mostly aged 12 to 20, were picked up across the Kampala Metropolitan Area in a single day over muggings and phone snatching.

Official claim: These are the figures given by Uganda Police Force (Kampala Metropolitan Police); they could not be checked independently.

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118 arrested or detained

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