IGP’s PROGRESSIVE REPORT ON SELECTED CRIMES

Ladies and Gentlemen, I warmly welcome you to this Press Conference whose purpose is to update the country on the general crime situation with emphasis on some murder cases under investigation. Generally, the security in the country is calm and as a result there is remarkable political, social and economic stability. However, in spite of […]

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Police Not Investigating the Crime Intelligence Deputy Director

There is a story on an online website SPY REPORTS titled, “Police crime Intelligence Director Probed for armed robberies, Driver arrested.” We would like to refute contents of the story. Kampala Metropolitan is not investigating the Crime Intelligence Deputy Director as alleged in the story. On 30th/09/2018 the DPC Mukono received a phone call from […]

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9 Arrested In a Joint Security Operation in Kampala

Following a wave of security threats spread around Kampala Metropolitan policing area involving burglaries, armed robberies and murders/ assassinations, the police together with sister security agencies stepped up operations to improve the state of security in the country. Last night, September 28th, 2018, a joint security operation was carried out in the areas of Namungona, […]

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IGP OCHOLA HAS NOT ABANDONED HIS SECURITY DETAILS

The New Vision of Friday September 28th, 2018 on page 5, run a story titled “MPs disturbed over police chief’s security”. It is stated in the story that Members of Parliament on the Internal Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday expressed concern over reports that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) had abandoned his security detail […]

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PUBLIC SECURITY WARNING AHEAD OF INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

PRESS STATEMENT The police have intelligence that some criminal elements within and outside the country may want to commit heinous crimes against members of the public especially VIPs like Hon. ministers, MPS, Senior executives, security personnel during or after this 9th October when Uganda Celebrates her independence. These could be in form of assassinations and […]

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Clarification On Alleged Attack on SP Onyango Patrick

PRESS RELEASE There is information circulating on social media platforms alleging an attack on UPF’s Deputy PRO, SP Patrick Onyango. We would want to clarify as follows: While SP Patrick Onyango was returning home last evening September 27th, at around 9:30 pm, he suspected that two boda boda riders were probably following him, with possibly […]

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POLICE OPENS GENERAL ENQUIRY FILE ON ALLEGATIONS OF ATTACK BY HON. WINNIE KIIZA

We found it important to respond to the allegations by Hon. Winnie Kiiza, Woman MP Kasese District also Former Leader of Opposition (Lop) last evening in a social media post alleging a possible armed attack on their home in Kiburara, Kasese District. These are very serious allegations. On Friday September 21, 2018 at around 10:45 […]

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Police Statement on the Return of Hon.Robert Kyagulanyi

PRESS RELEASE Today Thursday September 20th, 2018 Hon. Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi returned to the country and was peacefully escorted by the police to his residence in Magele, Wakiso District. We wish to thank him for cooperating with the police at Entebbe International Airport that provided him with transport, escort and a lead car to his […]

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SECURITY GUIDELINES FOR THE RETURN OF HON. ROBERT KYAGULANYI SSENTAMU, MP KYADONDO EAST

PRESS STATEMENT The Uganda Police Force has received confirmation that Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu is slated to arrive in the country tomorrow Thursday 20th, 2018 via Entebbe International Airport. The police and other security agencies have intelligence of country wide mobilization of different groups of people who are being distributed with Red T-Shirts and posters […]

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