Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has acquitted five Police officers who were accused of destroying exhibit of one million shillings. The five officers Assistant Inspector of Police Apollo Kibuuka, Detective Constable Moses Okello, Karim Bakole, detective Prossy Candia and Sergent Mariah Nangobi, all working under …
Read More »28 Air defense officers graduate in operations law
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-eight officers from different units in the Uganda People’s Defense Air Forces-UPDAF graduated after completing two weeks of training on air operations laws at the Jinja city-based Legal Training Center-LTC. The officers were also retooled in international humanitarian law and gender sensitivity. The trainees comprised …
Read More »Fire guts Nebbi police barracks
Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fire has gutted Nebbi Police barracks, leaving a number of officers and their families stranded and several household properties destroyed. The fire which started at around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday also burnt government stores including boots and uniforms. Nebbi District Police Commander Bernard Mugerwa …
Read More »UPDF in Kabalye to train police recruits in military tactics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Uganda Police Force –UPF has dismissed reports that the Police Training School in Kabalye, Masindi district had been taken over by the military. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga said that information about the heavy deployment of military personnel at the school was inappropriate. Enanga said that the …
Read More »IGP Ochola transfers 12 senior officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martins Okoth Ochola has transferred 12 senior police officers. In a message released on Thursday and signed by the Director Human Resource Administration Hajji Moses Balimwoyo, Moses Muluya who has been the commissioner Human Resource Management has been appointed the …
Read More »Female Police officers decry sexual harassment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female officers have expressed concern over the increasing incidents of Sexual harassment and abuse within the Uganda Police Force that go unreported. The officers who were part of a conference organized by the Police Women Affairs Department, as part of the 16 days of activism …
Read More »Eight police officers say rats ate half a ton of missing marijuana, sacked
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The marijuana had been in storage for at least two years when 500kgs of it vanished. In total, 6,000kg of marijuana was registered in the warehouse in Pilar, Argentina two years ago, however this year only 5,460kg remained. Suspicion then fell on former police …
Read More »Ministry of gender retires eight officers
Kampala, Uganda | FRANK MUGABI | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development took advantage of its end of year party to also accord its retiring officers a warm and affectionate send off. The event was held on Tuesday December 5, 2017 at the Nomo gallery in Kampala. A total …
Read More »VIDEO: KCCA Withdraws Enforcement Officers from Streets
VIDEO: KCCA Withdraws Enforcement Officers from Streets Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | The Kampala Capital City Authority has withdrawn its enforcement officers off Kampala’s streets in response to the increasing public hostility against the men and women in yellow uniforms. Jennifer Musisi told legislators earlier yesterday that Kampala’s streets had …
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