President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has promoted and appointed 1,638 gazetted police officers.
Acting on the advice of the Police Authority, the president promoted officers at the ranks of Senior Commissioner of Police, Commissioner of Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Senior Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The Internal Affairs Minister, Gen Kahinda Otafiire also the chairperson of the Police Authority, said, “in the exercise of the powers vested in him under section 9(i) of the Police Act, the president of Uganda and on the advice of the Police Authority has appointed on promotion 1638 gazetted police officers.”
He noted that promotion in police depends on performance.
“We don’t promote you because you are a woman or man but because you are an efficient officer.“
Nine officers were promoted from the rank of Commissioner of Police (CP) to Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP), and 17 officers were promoted from Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to Commissioner of Police (CP).
A total of 37 officers were promoted from Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to Assistant Commissioner of Police, 199 officers from the rank of Superintendent to Senior Superintendent of police, 976 officers from Assistant Superintendent of Police to Superintendent of Police and 400 from Inspector of Police to Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The 1,638 adds to the 773 who were promoted last year.
The promotions were the first for gazetted officers between the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police since 2016 during the tenure of Gen Kale Kayihura as the Inspector General of Police.