Today, Wednesday, 6th January, 2016, the Police at Bukwo, restored law and order, after it dispersed violent crowds at Teriet IDP camp using means within its dispersal powers that included the use of rubber bullets. The public order concern arose after the FDC Presidential candidate, Dr. Kiiza Besigye, who had successfully held two campaign rallies […]
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Yesterday, Monday, 7th December 2015, two reports were released by two organizations, namely, Amnesty International, and Transparency International. We did not have the benefit of accessing and reading the reports before they were published. Therefore, at this point we shall, only, make general comment as we prepare detailed responses to the allegations made against the […]
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The hectic Kabalagala suburb of Kampala is fast becoming like Esso Corner. Even someone who settled in Kampala a year ago knows where Esso Corner is, but they have never seen the Esso petrol station that gave the famous stage its name, because Esso left Uganda over a decade ago. Similarly, Kabalagala has for long […]
Continue ReadingThe John Akii-Bua memorial police centenary marathon that is on tomorrow is open to all. The marathon, which aims at contributing proceeds to acid victims starts at 7:00am Kololo airstrip and participation is for free to all healthy and able persons. The marathon intends to bring together the public, the police both active and retired. […]
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I am pleased to announce on behalf of the leadership of the Uganda Police that we intend to celebrate our centenary anniversary (i.e 100 years in existence) this year. The celebrations will involve commemorative events covering a period of 6 months beginning on 25th May 2014 with the finale, which will mark the highlights on […]
Continue ReadingReference is made to various complaints in the public domain about delayed and or missing salary payments for some police personnel particularly for the months of January to March 2014. The Police management acknowledges these concerns and wishes to clarify to all the affected personnel and the public that the delay was due to the […]
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