Crime preventers are getting a new catch from the government

By; Our reporter

23^rd October 2019

The Uganda People’s Defence Force has embarked on the mobilization and documentation of all crime preventers across the country and exercise coordinated by the Commander of the Reserve Force, Lieutenant General Charles Otema Awany and Chief of Defence Force, Gen David Muhoozi.

During the exercise, the coordinators of Crime Preventers in the district are expected to conduct individual head-count, verification of particulars of their members and confirm whether or not they are still alive or dead.

The  UPDF Spokesperson Brigadier Richard Karemire says the exercise is meant to ensure proper records and structures of all trained Crime Preventers.

In Lango, Acholi and West Nile Sub regions, all the Coordinators of Crime Preventers at a district level have been ordered to conduct mobilization and document all their particulates and submit the list to the office of Resident District Commissioner because they are a vital group to promoting peace and combating crimes.

Gen. Otema said all regional security chiefs including Resident District Commissioners, Regional Police Commanders, Regional Internal Security Officials have been briefed about the exercise.

In March, 2018, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered that the crime preventers are transferred from police to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) as part of the Reserve Force, an auxiliary force of the UPDF.