Month: February 2014

The Uganda Police Force was established in 1906 by the British Colonial government as a Para-military Force called the Uganda Armed Constabulary. Its primary duty was to quell riots and unrest. Prior to its introduction, pre-colonial Uganda societies were responsible for keeping Law and Order as a collective responsibility. Every tribal community had a system […]

On Tuesday 21st January 2014, the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the Director General of the Turkish National Police, Mr. MEHMET Kiliclar at the Turkish National Police headquarters in Ankara Turkey.Since 2013, there has been increased cooperation between the two countries’ Police institutions. The purpose of the […]

The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura yesterday (27th January 2014) passed out 700 Crime Preventers at Makerere University, Kampala after they had completed seven days of intensive training in Community Policing course. The course was aimed at empowering students with self defense skills, ideological orientation, crime prevention and patriotism. All the passed out […]

The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura yesterday (17/1/2014) met with district leaders of Lira and the business community to resolve the conflict between the public and the local Police here. The meeting took place at Lira Hotel. The public had raised the issue of Police’s failure to arrest thugs who shot and killed […]

The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura and his Somalia Counterpart ,Brig Gen. Abdihakim Dahir Sa’eed today (16/1/2014) signed a memorandum of Understanding at Serena Hotel on capacity building and developing Somalia’s Criminal Investigations department. The Memorandum of Understanding was as a result of the need expressed by the government of the Republic of […]