Deputy IGP Marvels at Work by Police Construction Unit on New Shs 7.8Bn Nateete Police Station

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Brig Sabiiti Muzeeyi has commended the Uganda Police Force construction unit for boosting its technical capacity to execute mega projects.

The DIGP was inspecting and touring the newly constructed state-of-the-art Nateete Police Station in Rubaga division, Kampala.

“I must say I am extremely happy to see this very beautiful structure but most importantly that it has been done by our own police construction unit,” Brig Sabiiti said.

“With this Force, I think we shall be able to solve most of the challenging tasks we have especially accommodation for our troops . I am sure we have a lot of ideas that can help solve our administration problems like minor renovations”.

He noted that it is important for the Police to disclose what it is doing although “the public is very quick at pointing figures at good things”.

“They never get to know that some of you are doing some great job. Look at this wonderful internally done work, I can not imagine this is Police. These are things that we should internally feel proud of because Police has a lot of educated human resource that we need to utilize”.

In his address, the Deputy Director Logistics and Engineering, Richard Edwegu noted that the structure is one of the many structures that have been completed across the country by the police construction unit.

“Nateete Police complex started in 2010 after the former station was burnt down during the 2009 Buganda riots. The construction started as an executive order from His Excellency the President and was done in-house by the UPF construction unit,” SCP Edwegu noted.

The structure will house Natete police division headquarters and in addition it can be utilized to house other directorates and departments .

The three storage structure covers a total of 4,113 square meters and half the size of the current police headquarters offices with about 100 offices.

The new facility has self contained detention facilities, a canteen and an ample parking space and is estimated to have cost about Shs 7.8 billion.