The territorial police in Omoro District has in custody a suspect who was caught on a video caning and torturing the elderly victim identified as Mego Anek Lucy 82 years old. The suspect is identified as Okello Brain 30 years old. He was arrested today 14th April 2020 at around 2:Am while hiding in a […]
Continue ReadingA joint security task team of senior UPDF and UPF officers is investigating the alleged aggravated torture of several women and a few men who were being accused of flouting curfew orders and the ban on public spaces. The incident occurred on the 2nd /4/2020, at around 8pm, on a rainy evening, at Lorokwo West village, […]
Continue ReadingAs we enter day 6, of the 14 day dusk to dawn curfew and wider partial lockdown, we would like to start by wishing all Christians in Uganda a happy Palm Sunday. And further inform the public that as we continue to monitor the behavior of the population we have noticed that there are still […]
Continue ReadingOperation Simba II: building sustainable counter terrorism skills and capabilities An INTERPOL-led operation to strengthen counter-terrorism (CT) action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda has triggered investigations in several countries. With terrorist activity often linked to a wide range of other crime areas, the objective of Operation Simba […]
Continue ReadingThe Security Inter-Agency Joint Task Force has on 30 March 2020 picked twenty-three adult male Ugandans for questioning over congesting in a school-like-dormitory setting within a small house despite the directive and guidelines of observing social distance as one of the measures of curbing the spread of COVID-19 in Uganda. The suspects were picked from […]
Continue ReadingWe would like to inform the public that the police as a law abiding institution, welcomed the ruling by the Constitutional Court of Uganda, that annulled section 8 of the Public Order Management Act, 2013. The section gave discretionary powers to the police, to stop or prevent the holding of a public meeting, where the […]
Continue ReadingThe Joint Security Task Force has come out with additional enforcement mechanisms, particularly in the public transport sector and market areas, in line with the directives of H.E The President and guidelines from the Ministry of Health; to help curb the spread of Coronavirus. These include; A ban on movements of public passenger transport like […]
Continue ReadingUganda’s National Security Council has set up an Inter-Agency Joint Task Force (JTF) at National and Regional levels to support the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Combatting CODIV 19 epidemic in Uganda. The JTF is led by the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi. The JTF […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the strict new guidelines by H.E. The President to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the joint security agencies were now focusing on observing the ban on travel to and from Uganda and ensuring no persons enter Uganda by land or water except for drivers and accompanying crew, (not exceeding 3 persons) for cargo […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the directives issued by His Excellency, The President of The Republic of Uganda, on the 18th march 2020, on how to curb the pandemic caused by the Covid -19 [coronavirus}. The police and sister security agencies are closely monitoring every situation to ensure the rules are complied with. These include; The IGP has created […]
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