Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has attributed today’s twin bombings in Kampala to the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF, a rebel force that has its base in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just hours after the bombings that have so far claimed the lives of six people including …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has sounded a warning that members of the public who will fail to adhere to the set of guidelines by President Museveni will risk facing dire consequences this time. Addressing journalists, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said commanders have been directed by …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has finally established a marine detachment on Lake Bunyonyi in South Western Uganda. Located in Kabale and Rubanda district, the 900-meter deep lake is the second deepest in Africa and one of the top tourism revenue earners for Uganda. Local authorities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has set up a team of senior police officers to assess the number of Special Police Constables (SPCs) who should be retained in the force after the expiry of their contract. In December, the police recruited 50,000 police constables to help …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to boost and speed up investigations capacity, Uganda Police Force is building a technology interface with National Identification Registration Authority –NIRA so as to access data for wanted criminals or suspects under investigation. Police’s director for ICT, Felix Baryamwisaki and director Forensic …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force has de-gazzetted four of its 17 uniforms. The degazzetted uniforms include the white traffic, Brown camouflage won by the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) officers, the blue Marine police uniform, and the dark blue uniforms won by Aviation Police Officers. Traffic police personnel …
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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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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda police force has procured more than 100 Patrol Land Cruisers and Ambulances for 2021 elections period. Out of the more than 100 vehicles, 10 are ambulances which are going to be deployed on highways and other political hot spots as earlier explained by, AIGP …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has resolved to procure eight new ambulances. This is part of the plan every directorate of police has been tasked to present regarding next year’s general elections. The ambulances will be procured and be managed by force’s directorate of health services, …
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