The State Minister for Internal Affairs, David Muhoozi, on Wednesday, presented to Parliament a report on the recent attacks on security entities and consequent theft of guns.
In his report, he indicated that police posts have suffered up to 12 attacks on police posts where at least 16 guns were stolen. He says preliminary investigations show that some attacks were instigated by police officers conniving with civilians, while others were carried out by unknown assailants.
He explained that there has been a reorganization of operations of the force in order to prevent any future attacks on the force.
“There is better organization of security installations access controls, front desk staff, and invisible reaction groups/persons have been re-designated,” Muhoozi said.
Muhoozi further said that a team of senior officers headed by the deputy inspector general of police has traversed the affected police regions to re-access security vigilance and alertness on duty.
However, MPs were not pleased with the report as a section complained that the increased attacks might be as a result of reducing the number of police posts countrywide, negligence among officers, and poor pay.
They asked the internal affairs ministry to review pay for veterans and those active in service.
In response, Muhoozi said the mergers were intended to strengthen the efficiency of small posts by merging them with bigger ones.
“Merging vulnerable smaller police posts and booths into sizable units was to improve operational efficiency and force protection,” he said.
