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Martin Okoth Ochola, the IGP of the Uganda Police Force received honors during the 61st Independence Day celebrations in Kitgum District. He received the honors along with 10 other distinguished officers yesterday. President Yoweri Museveni rewarded the IGP Okoth Ochola with the Exemplary Service Order 1st Class medal. He received the accolade for his exceptional leadership, community engagement, pacification efforts, ...

Earlier today, the Interagency meeting sat to devise ways of maintaining security in the country as Easter holidays kick off today. The agency met to review and plan the implementation of Operation “pasaka tulivu” ahead of the celebrations.This joint operation is intended to enhance security in major hotspots around the city and also other areas. This will help thwart possible ...

Uganda Human Rights Commission has released its report that has depicted the Uganda Police and the UPDF as the top most human rights violators. This was the 24th annual report from the UHRC. It was on the state of human rights and freedoms in the country in the year 2021. Among the complaints, the rights agency filed, a total of ...

Globally, each country has a Police force whose major aim is to keep law and order. However, there are those that are corrupt and all corrupt Police forces universally have something in common. Their public image is always clearly against every principle they are supposed to stand for. From Police brutality to corruption, murders, theft among other evils, lots of ...

Plans by the Uganda Police Force are underway to deploy a total of 160 Uganda Police officers in Somalia. The reason for the move is to help in building the capacity of the Somalia police. The team is part of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) who completed a six-month-long intensive pre-deployment training course. The completed course concentrated on Peacekeeping Operations ...