Kampala and Police in history

We bring you Kampala and Police in history today.

In this picture a police officer is attending to school kids in Kampala, probably about 1986, gauging by the police uniform.

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Do you recognize anyone here? Again, by the look of the police uniform, the cop must be retired by now. The kids he helped are most probably serious wives and mothers, hopefully working in good places, and spanking their kids for walking barefoot.

Looking at the picture, do you notice any development? The Mini Price Bata area/street, then the police, how about the etiquette?

Well, the picture teaches many things. One, it depicts the humility of the cop. Second, it shows how poor the society was; because the school-going children were barefoot! Thirdly, the street was ramshackle.

Besides, you and the rest of Ugandans what do you reminisce? The size of the force was reduced from 10,000 to 3,000 in 1986. Up until April 2014, the official name of the government agency was Uganda Police Force. On that day, the IGP publicly announced the name change to Uganda National Police.

Actually, in 1986 when NRM took power, there was a screening that reduced the number of police officers from about 10,000 to 3,000.

After the disputed December 1980 elections, Okoth Ogola was police chief during the most challenging time when police stations were the target of revolutionary rebels who needed to seize weapons. The unrully army was also meddling intensely in public affairs.

In 1986, the seasoned professional Luke Ofungi was back at the helm of the police and remained until 1990. The police had been reduced to a skeleton force and this was the time many highly educated officers, today in the high management ranks of the force, were recruited.