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 […]
Continue ReadingOn 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingPresident Yoweri Museveni has called on the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs to work together in effort to fight transnational crimes and terrorism. President Museveni made the call today (13/1/2014) at Paraa Safari Lodge, in Murchison Falls National Park during the opening of the first East African Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization EAPCCO) retreat. The retreat is […]
Continue ReadingTransforming Police into a modern force with proper ideological orientation and technical capabilities Even as we keep receiving commendation from well informed quarters over our duties which we have discharged satisfactorily in spite of limited resources and deliberate disruption of the peace by some people who are bent on achieving their objectives using unlawful […]
Continue ReadingIf there is an area where Uganda needs to run at an increasingly faster rate everyday, it is the development of scientific evidence gathering and analysis. This is because major crimes are today committed with the application of modern science. And so the police force has no choice but to not only keep pace with, […]
Continue ReadingWith the number of private security guards on the verge of equaling and soon outstripping that of the police force, government has put in place tough measures to monitor and control the operations of private security organisations – PSOs – operating in the country. Police Tightens control over Private Security Companies With the number […]
Continue ReadingIn the recent past this country has experienced worst incidents of rampant fires in schools and other cases of insecurity in the education institutions. There were also strikes in schools that led to loss of students and property, cases of murder and human or child sacrifice, missing children and teachers, and of course cases of […]
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