Mpigi Journalists Demand Action After BBS TV Reporter Robbed in Butambala
- Date:
- 5 October 2026
- Place:
- Uganda
- Fact-check:
- Verified
- Reference:
- IAWRT-00475
Physical violence
A BBS TV journalist, Ireen Mirembe, says she was beaten and robbed of equipment worth about UShs7.3 million by two men after a boda boda rider allegedly led her off the main road in Butambala while she was returning to Mpigi. Mirembe says the attackers took a camera, lenses, a laptop, her press card and her phone.
Locations are shown approximately to protect the people involved.