The Uganda Police force has today 1st October 2016, remembered the first black Inspector General of Police the late Wilson Erinayo Oryema with a public lecture organized at Makerere University Main Hall under the theme: “The public is the police the police is the public, fostering community policing in Uganda”. “The police is recruited from […]
Continue ReadingThe Hon. Minister of state for Internal Affairs Hon. Kania Obiga has today 27th September 2016, launched the construction of over 1020 housing units for lower ranking officers located on plots 2-96 along Katalima road Naguru. While presiding over the ground breaking ceremony organized at police headquarters Naguru, as part of a series of police […]
Continue ReadingThe World Vision International in conjunction with USAID Uganda have donated assorted medical equipment to Uganda Police Medical Services in a move geared at improving the health of all police officers and the neighboring communities. The deputy director police health services Dr. Nuwamanya Emanuel received microscopes, refrigerators, maternity equipment, counter books, among others at a […]
Continue ReadingThe Uganda police force has today 18th September 2016 launched the police week under the theme monitoring, evaluation, rectification and building the Uganda police force. “We want to strengthen our neighborhood watch, supported by communities, by operationalization of neighborhood registers, through registering and profiling all residents in their areas of policing on recommendation of area […]
Continue ReadingPresident Passes out 3200 Police Officers His Excellency President Y. Kaguta Museveni has today the 10th September 2016, commissioned 1,200 (one thousand and two hundred) cadet officers (C/ASP) and 2,000 (two thousand) probationer Police constables (PPCs) at Kabalye Police Training School in Masindi district after undergoing a twelve months training course. “We have been building […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Kampala has arrested two suspects for illegal possession of chopped ivory worth Sh19m. Dickson Kwetesa 38, and Ali Wausa 47, where arrested on Tuesday in Kamwokya a Kampala suburb after a tip off from the public that the two were in the trade of ivory. The suspects are currently held at Jinja road police […]
Continue ReadingA joint security force of the Police and military, this evening, repulsed a group of unknown gunmen who tried to attack Gulu Central Police Station, in Gulu District, in what was believed to be a rescue operation, for Oola Odiya Dan, the UPC Deputy Secretary for mobilization. This followed credible intelligence about their plans that […]
Continue ReadingFive people died when the boat they were travelling in capsized on Lake Victoria on Thursday (June, 9). Police said that the incident happened at around 4 am on Lake Victoria as the deceased were travelling from Mpenja Island, Mukono District to Ggaba landing site. The Kampala Metropolitan spokesperson Patrick Onyango said the boat was overloaded with 10 passengers […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Kampala has paraded six suspects who allegedly stole government mosquito nets in Iganga and Luuka district. The six were arrested in an operation conducted by the Health Monitoring Unit (HMU) between Saturdays 4 to Monday 6 this month. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said, the stolen Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN) were procured by […]
Continue ReadingThe Government has promised to fund a 7000 unit housing project for Uganda Police in order to provide modern housing facilities for the force. The investment which will start within Kampala Metropolitan and later roll out through the entire country will enable police to provide modern houses for its personnel. The plan which is […]
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