Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Crime preventers have received Shs 500m to invest in their production activities. The national coordinator for crime preventers, Blaise Kamugisha confirms that the money has been released and already deposited on the crime preventers’ Sacco accounts for investment and promotion of their businesses. In a …
Read More »Crime preventer remanded for unlawful possession of police handcuffs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has today remanded Francis Nayebare, a former member of National Crime Preventers Forum to prison on charges of illegal possession of government stores. It is alleged that between April 5-6th, 2020 Nayebare was found in possession of a pair of handcuffs …
Read More »UPDF conducts countrywide mobilization of crime preventers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Force has embarked on the mobilization and documentation of all crime preventers across the country. Commander of the Reserve Force, Lieutenant General Charles Otema Awany and Chief of Defence Force, Gen David Muhoozi are coordinating the exercise.. During the exercise, the …
Read More »UPDF to retrain crime preventers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked the army to explain the legal basis and sustainability of crime preventers in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). The MPs sitting on the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs were on Tuesday interfacing with officials from the Ministry …
Read More »Crime Preventers clean Gaba, celebrate Kayihura ruling
Thousands of Crime Preventers brought Ggaba in Makindye Division, Kampala to standstill on Sunday by engaging in community service and a celebratory march. The Crime Preventers, a group of youth mainly recruited in the past year to help in community policing, converged at St.Dennis Ssebugwawo SS Ggaba from all over the country. They started …
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