The National Electoral Commission will conduct Presidential Nominations on 2nd and 3rd November, 2020 at Cricket Grounds Kyambogo. Therefore, the following Traffic Guidelines will be in place; -Motorists will be diverted at Spear Motors (IOV), Banda Trading Centre, Kireka Trading Centre, Kigobe Road at National Council of Higher Education and Jokas Hotel. -Other motorists heading […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the announcement by UNEB, allowing pregnant girls in candidate classes to register for their final exams, we would like to warn teachers, parents, fellow students and the public (including neighborhoods), against acts of discrimination and stigmatization of these pregnant girls. You are all aware the Covid-19 period has been burdensome for girls more than […]
Continue ReadingThe UPF is pleased to present the handbook /simplified manual of SOPs on the use of force and firearms by law enforcement agencies during operations. The IGP while presenting the 50.000 copies, revealed that the SOPs specifically deal with the use of force and firearms by law enforcement agencies during operations. He added that adherence […]
Continue ReadingThe Police Advisory Committee has recommended IP Cheptegei Joshua who broke four (4) World Records in long distance running competitions, for promotion to his next rank of ASP. The IGP who is the Chairperson of the PAC made the announcement to honor the athlete on Wednesday, 21.10.2020 during the meeting. He in addition, tasked the […]
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE This is to kindly inform all applicants who expressed interest to join the UPF as Probationer Police Constables that the list of candidates for the next stage of the recruitment program is now out. All applicants are requested to crosscheck their names at the respective District/Divisional Police Headquarters, to confirm whether they are […]
Continue ReadingA total of 10 police officers Thursday completed a 4 months specialized training in firefighting and prevention. The function was presided over by the Chief of Joint Staff, AIGP Jack Bakasumba, who congratulated the officers for the reasonable efforts in the course. He noted that the course comes at the right time, putting the officers […]
Continue ReadingThe IGP would like to congratulate Inspector of Police, Joshua Cheptegei, for achieving an incredible milestone in breaking the world record in the 10000m at the Valencia World Record Day meeting. Your victory is our victory. We celebrate with you and further pledge to help you realise your dream of becoming the greatest distance athlete […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the most recent ranking of the Uganda Police Force as the “kindest police” in the World, by the world Internal Security and Police Index (WISP), the IGP has come out to thank all officers who conducted themselves professionally, and with great restraint in the course of their duties. The ranking measured the police’s reaction […]
Continue ReadingWe would like to thank all applicants who expressed interest in joining the police as PPCS. A total of 17,378 applications were received by the 19,09,2020 from 28 regions. The highest number of applicants came from East Kyoga (Soroti), followed by North Kyoga (Lira), West Nile (Arua) and Bukedi {Tororo}, while the lowest number of […]
Continue ReadingThe Uganda Police Force runs a quarterly magazine known as the Police Habari Magazine. We are pleased to share with you our latest issue; the fifth edition that examined ICT and Policing in Uganda. The IGP, John Martins Okoth-Ochola (ESQ) in his column guides officers on how ICT enhances policing. In the same issue, we […]
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