Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Inspector-General of Police Gen. Edward Kale Kayihura made several mistakes on the orders of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has told voters in Kisoro. He was speaking at his campaign rally at Ssaza playground in …
Read More »105 police officers to undergo investigations course
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 105 police officers who were recently deployed to the Criminal Investigations Department will on Monday start an investigations course. Last month police, passed out 4,800 Probation Police Constables- PPCs and Learner Assistant Inspectors of Police –AIPs of which a number of them were deployed to …
Read More »Museveni directs IGP, DPP to prosecute NRM officials over forgeries in primaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Inspector General of Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions to arrest and prosecute all NRM officials that took part in forgeries of NRM party primary results in four districts. The districts where there was contention include; …
Read More »IGP orders Commanders to find money from their budgets for protective gear
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police–IGP, Martin Ochola has directed Regional, District and Divisional Police Commanders to find money from their budgets to provide Personal Protective Equipment –PPEs for their personnel. According to sources, Ochola has tasked RPCs, DPCs and heads of various units to …
Read More »IGP tasks legal director to appeal POMA judgement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police-IGP, Martins Okoth Ochola has tasked the Legal Director, Christine Nanding to work with Attorney General to appeal the Constitutional Court judgment nullifying section 8 of the Public Order Management Act. This particular section gave the IGP discretionary powers to …
Read More »IGP orders for refresher training for marine officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police has called for refresher training of all marine officers. This follows the drowning of police marine officer, Sgt Godfrey Mwonda, in last Saturday’s floods in Kampala. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga on Tuesday said that Ochola has tasked the marine unit …
Read More »Why IGP has ordered a comprehensive audit of Logistics directorate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Details have emerged as to why the Inspector General of Police-IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola recently appointed a committee to conduct a comprehensive audit in the affairs of the Logistics and Engineering Directorate. On Friday last week, Ochola named a five member committee led by …
Read More »Museveni: IGP should sack non-committed Police Officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, to sack all non-committed police officers. Museveni, who was speaking on Thursday after the commissioning of the National Command Centre at Naguru police headquarters, said with available technology, crime won’t …
Read More »Police Council empowers RPCs to make transfers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Regional Police Commanders –RPCs will soon start transferring non-gazetted officers under their jurisdiction, URN has learnt. The Deputy Police Spokesperson, Polly Namaye, says the Police Council resolved last week to empower RPCs to transfer non gazetted officers under their jurisdiction. These include all policemen …
Read More »IGP dispatches detectives to Obongi to probe shooting of police officer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police –IGP Martin Okoth Ochola has dispatched a team of homicide detectives to investigate the shooting of a police officer in Moyo district. Ian Natukunda, the Officer in charge Palorinya base camp police post in Obongi district was shot by a …
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