The Deputy Director of Welfare, Production and Sports, SCP Timothy Halango, has led a team of senior Uganda Police Force officers on an inspection of police land in Lira City, North Kyoga Policing Region, to assess its suitability and readiness for the proposed establishment of a Regional Police Secondary School and a Community Policing Centre of Excellence.
The proposed developments form part of the Uganda Police Force’s efforts to improve the welfare of police officers and their families, particularly by addressing educational challenges faced by officers’ children due to frequent transfers and redeployments arising from operational demands.
During the inspection, the team visited two pieces of police land in Lira City. The first, measuring approximately 13 acres and located at Erute in East Division, is earmarked for the proposed Regional Police Secondary School, while the second, measuring approximately 14 acres and located at Ireda, is being considered for the establishment of a Community Policing Centre of Excellence.
The proposed school is intended to expand educational opportunities for children of police officers serving within North Kyoga and surrounding policing regions, while the Centre of Excellence will strengthen community policing through training, capacity building, research and the promotion of partnerships between the Police and the communities they serve.
The team also inspected police land at Ojwina and Adekokwok as part of the broader assessment of police land and infrastructure within the region.
SCP Halango was accompanied by the Deputy Chief Political Commissar, CP Hillary Kulayige; Commissioner in Charge of Community Policing, CP Anatoli Muleterwa; ACP Claire Nabakka, in charge of Formal Education; SP Martine Walugembe, in charge of Land Management; and territorial police commanders.
As part of the visit, the delegation also toured Lira Police Primary School and its nursery wing, where they interacted with school administrators, teachers and pupils to assess challenges affecting the learning environment.
The engagement provided an opportunity for the school administration to share concerns and explore possible interventions aimed at improving learning facilities, addressing existing challenges and creating a more conducive educational environment for the pupils.
The assessment forms part of the Uganda Police Force’s broader efforts to strengthen institutional infrastructure, enhance access to education for officers’ children and improve community policing services across the country’s policing regions.
