Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police director for fire and rescue services Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mugisa, has disclosed that majority of the recent school fires were deliberate. This means that the deaths of the five children and the destruction of property were as a result of …
Read More »IGP Ochola tasks directorate of fire to sensitize masses on gas cylinder usage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police, Martin Ochola, has tasked the directorate of fire and rescue services to conduct countrywide sensitization on proper usage and handling of gas cookers and gas cylinders. IGP Ochola in his directive wants Director Joseph Mugisa, and his team to liaise with the …
Read More »More than 1,000 fire incidents were registered in residential homes in 2020
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | According to a report compiled by fire and rescue services headed by Joseph Mugisa, the police recorded 1,015 fire incidents last year and the majority of them were in residential homes. In the previous years, most fire accidents would be recorded in commercial buildings, metal welding …
Read More »Joint medical stores loses equipment worth UGX 7bn in fire
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Medical Stores –JMS has lost medical equipment worth 7 Billion Shillings in a fire that gutted several warehouses. On Friday, fire gutted warehouses belonging to Madhvani Group of Companies located at the 5th Street Industrial Area. The fire is believed to have …
Read More »Panic at KCCA as police conducts impromptu fire drills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was panic and confusion at Kampala Capital City Authority –KCCA headquarters this morning resulting from impromptu fire drills by officers from the Police-Fire and Rescue Services Directorate. Fire trucks surrounded KCCA headquarters blurring sirens triggering panic among workers and several people who had to …
Read More »Museveni renews contracts for eight AIGPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has renewed contracts of eight Assistant Inspector General of Police -AIGPs. Among the eight AIGPs whose contracts have been renewed are three who were ordered by Inspector General of Police Okoth Ochola to handover their offices to their deputies after their …
Read More »Why contracts of six AIGPs are yet to be renewed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It has emerged that six top senior police officers at the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIGP are yet to have their contracts renewed more than a year when they expired. The affected officers include director legal, Erasmus Twaruhukwa, director Fire and Emergency …
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