Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six policemen and three suspects have been injured in an accident in Katakwi district. The accident occurred at Alera trading centre along Usuk road after the police pick up patrol car registration no. UP 8355 belonging to Katakwi central police station overturned. The policemen had …
Read More »MPs seek extra compensation for health workers who succumb to Covid-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have called for the compensation of health workers and policemen who succumb to COVID-19. The MPs mostly from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) say that while front-line workers were dying in the line of duty, their families are not duly compensated upon …
Read More »IGP Ochola promotes 3000 police officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has promoted more than three thousand lower rank policemen and women. The elevation of lower rank personnel was last held in February 2016 during the term of General Kale Kayihura. A number of officers have been expressing disappointment …
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