Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Political Commissar, Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP Asan Kasingye says the force leadership will be prioritizing infrastructure development each financial year to address the problem of accommodation and operational units for police officers. According to Kasingye, the force will be allocating money towards construction …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint Anti-Terrorism taskforce and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence have arrested a one Yusuf Muwonge, a suspect in a recent explosion that detonated in a Swift bus in Lungala, Mpigi district last month. Muwonge had been on security’s wanted list for allegedly taking part …
Read More »
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Political Commissar of the Uganda Police Force Asan Kasingye, has summoned police heads in the West Nile over reports of incompetence. During a media briefing on Tuesday at Arua Central Police Station, Kasingye told journalists that all police officers must account for the …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has asked mobile money operators and fuel dealers in the country to report suspicious unusual transactions. The call by the police follows last week’s bomb explosions that left two people killed. On October 23, a bomb exploded at a pork joint …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The late Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Major Gen. Paul Lokech will be remembered for making four crucial changes in the police force, the Political Commissar, Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP, Asan Kasingye has revealed. Lokech who served in the police force for eight months succumbed …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The District Police Commander-DPC Kira Road Division in Kampala last night succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Assistant Inspector General of Police Asan Kasingye said that the Superintendent of Police-SP Mathias Turyasingura succumbed to COVID-19 last night at Mulago National Referral hospital. “You were a good commander, …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has said that it will limit the use of tear gas in quelling protests. This was revealed by the Police team led by the Police Chief of Joint Security Gen Jack Bakasumba while appearing before the Parliament’s Committee on Human …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Drivers along the Jinja-Iganga highway want police authorities to reinstate the recently degazetted white traffic uniforms which they say were more visible to the road users compared to the khaki type. Mid last month, the chairman of the police uniform committee, Asan Kasingye unveiled a …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police administration has responded to the controversy that has been stirred by the new traffic police uniform on various social media platforms. Police uniforms committee chairman Asan Kasingye unveiled the new traffic police uniform on Monday this week replacing the white one accompanied with a …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price