{UAH} Uganda Police is Rotten To The Core

By James Mugerwa

Cause to complain has always been there. But lately the police are acting like a bunch of hooligans. There is little doubt that this is only going to get worse. I don't know whom to blame but I will say what needs to be done. As an ardent NRM supporter I would have loved to air my concerns internally but because of confidential reasons, I use the media.

Around Mengo Kisenyi police are arresting people without cause, they are arresting young men and women (women get released upon giving sexual favours), they are conniving with robbers, they give protection to illegal businesses, they extort money from bars, to let them operate after 10pm, the confiscate pool game balls owner must pay to get them back. This area is under siege and torment from officers based at muzana and old Kampala frequently commanded by the DPC himself. Recently a young musoga boy only known as Yusuf (well known in the area) was arrested from a shop in where he had come to buy water at around 9.30pm, initially I challenged the officers as to why they had arrested him, they threatened me with arrest too, so I shut my mouth, I offered 5000, they said the standard fee is 20000 since they were about 6 of them. I did not have the money so the boy was taken.

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