Traffic Advisory as schools open for Term Two

Uganda Police Force Congratutes parents and school going children upon successfully completing the first term holiday. As children return to school this week, we call upon the general public to strictly observe traffic regulations while using the roads and to report any indiscipline to the nearest Police checkpoint or Police Station. Pedestrians and motorists are […]

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IGP SUSPENDS 39 PSO OPERATORS LICENSES

The Inspector General of Police Martins Okoth Ochola has halted the operating licenses for thirty nine Private Security Companies. These companies failed to fulfill some or all of the necessary conditions for license renewal last year(2022) as per Regulation 14(d) of the Police (Control of Private Security Organisations) Regulations 2013. Some of the conditions include; […]

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POLICE CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE 3 SHOOTING INCIDENTS

During the previous week, police responded to 3 incidents of shooting, two of which arose out of anger and rage by a police officer in Mbarara and a Saracen security guard in Tororo Municipality. The third shooting was by a police officer in Mukono Municipality, due to a mistaken identity. The investigations so far reveal […]

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UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHARGED FOR FAKING OWN KIDNAP

The Directorate of Crime Intelligence in coordination with Iganga Police, on the 19.05.2023, tracked down and recovered a one Ssekajugo Augustine, a 22-year-old, second year student of Dental Surgery at Makerere University, from his hide out in Butama village, Nakalama parish in Iganga district. After an exhaustive search for him, our task teams concluded that […]

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SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, 13 VICTIMS RESCUED

The CID Anti-Human Trafficking Department in coordination with the Territorial Police in Bulenga – Wakiso, have in custody, a one Paul Alitia of Nakuwadde village, Wakiso sub-county in Wakiso district, for suspected child trafficking. The facts gathered indicate that the police picked intelligence that there were about 13 children being harboured in the home of […]

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ALL TERRITORIAL COMMANDERS TASKED TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO PILGRIMS TREKKING TO NAMUGONGO

As you are all aware, 3rd June, the popular religious pilgrimage of the Uganda Martyrs, will be celebrated at Namugongo. As expressed, pilgrims from the neighbouring countries of DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, and those from the furthest districts, have started trekking on foot to Namugongo. It will take them several days. […]

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