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We renew our commitment in working towards an effective and safer policing environment through attitude and mindset change. Happy independence day to you all.
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UGANDA POLICE FORCE MECHANISMS (POLICIES AND STRATEGIES) IN PLACE ADDRESSING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
Gender Based Violence is perceived as a global burden, the most widespread & socially tolerated of human rights violations, cutting across borders, race, class, ethnicity and religion. Gender Based Violence is seen as a human rights issue with numerous international and regional instruments spelling out commitments and obligations to GBV prevention. In Uganda, GBV is […]
Continue ReadingWe will bring down the panga criminals*, AIGP Kasingye assures Greater Masaka
The Chief Political Commissar, AIGP Asan Kasingye, has assured the people of Greater Masaka to have hope, assuring them that the police and its sister security agencies are on top of the situation and will bring down all criminals behind the attacks on members of the community. “The intelligence is on ground. Operations are going […]
Continue ReadingLOCKDOWN PARTIALLY LIFTED, BUT CURFEW STILL IN PLACE
As you are all aware on the 30.07.2021, government eased the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, allowing the partial re-opening of selected businesses, sectors, movements, sporting activities etc. This follows a reduction in the average daily cases of COVID-19, and the necessity to balance the various social and economic concerns. Ideally, there are a lot of lessons […]
Continue ReadingSpeak out on Sexual Gender Based Violence cases and Violence Against Children
Members of the public have been urged to speak up whenever they are facing sexual gender based Violence and violence cases against children. The call was made by D/SP Mugawe Rashida, the Deputy Sexual and Children Related Offences Department, (SGBV), CID Headquarters. During a community outreach programme organized by a local NGO YOUTH INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT […]
Continue Reading8th Edition of Police Habari Magazine
Police Habali Cover 8th Edition Our 8th edition of the Police Habari Magazine discusses various aspects of Policing especially what IGP John Martins Okoth-Ochola will focus on in his new term of office. We have also the usefulness of ICT and how we are making use of CCTV cameras in fighting crime. In other […]
Continue ReadingPOLICE ACTIVELY REVIEWING ALLEGATIONS IN THE BBC DOCUMENTARY
The Special Investigations Division of the Directorate of CID, is actively reviewing allegations contained in a mini-documentary by the BBC, surrounding acts of child trafficking and child sacrifice for ritualistic purposes that took place in 2011 but posted recently on various platforms. In the documentary, the journalist relies on the account of a child survivor […]
Continue ReadingPolice Officers Warned Against Corruption, Urged on Discipline
The Chief Political Commissar in the Uganda Police Force, AIGP Asan Kasingye, has urged officers in the Siipi Region to avoid any form of corruption but also keep off cases of indiscipline for a better service delivery to the public. AIGP Kasingye who is on a rectification and ideological orientation tour in the region sounded […]
Continue ReadingONE HELD FOR POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED WILD LIFE SPECIES
David Kisitu, a suspect that has been on the run since December 2020, has been arrested on charges of possession of prohibited wildlife species.The arrest follows a police search mounted in December 2020 after intelligence reports indicated that the car in which he was travelling-UAG 419W, (Toyota Premio), from Bundibujjo had pieces of Ivory. The […]
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