Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The commander of the policewomen department Rose Nahyuha has asked the force’s top management to promote more women to the highest ranks. In an interview with Uganda Radio Network, Nahyuha said they have very few women in police’s top ranks, something she says needs to …
Read More »Female police officers decry unsuitable uniforms, sanitation facilities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female police officers have decried the continued use of unsuitable uniforms, poor accommodation, and sanitation facilities provided for to them by the force. Some of the officers who spoke to Uganda Radio Network say that the facilities are unhygienic and not friendly especially for women. …
Read More »Uganda’s first policewoman recounts tough conditions female officers endured
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pauline Maniraguha Bangirana, one of the four surviving female police pioneers recounts how it was mandatory for a policewoman to ask for permission to get married. Maniraguha who was in the pioneer cohort of 10 females to join Uganda Police Force in 1960, says although …
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