Dutch government donates supportive equipment worth UGX 126m.

By; Our reporter

01^st July 2020

Panyadoli Refugee Police Station in Kiryandongo district has received a boost of four motorcycles and double cabin vehicle from the Dutch Envoy.

The Police Chief Political Commissar, Asan Kasingye received the donation from the Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Henk Jan Bakker this morning at Naguru police headquarters on behalf of the Inspector General of Police –IGP Martin Okoth Ochola.

According to Bakker, the donation valued at USD 70000 (Shillings 260M) was made possible through the Refugee Law Project.

In his speech, Kasingye noted that the vehicle and motorcycles will help police to reach out to refugees in their settlement camps to address problems of Gender Based Violence-GBV, Human Rights violations & delayed response to crime incidents whereby increasing access to justice.

The donation of the vehicle and four motorcycles add to the increase of the police fleet. A recent police report indicated that their fleet had increased 1,800 vehicles and motorcycles in the last three years.

The report that was prepared by the former Director of Research in the Uganda Police, Edward Osiru Ochom and Kasingye shows that police fleet has grown to 9,226 up from 7,410 in 2017.

“These are composed of 1228 general-purpose vehicles, 186 specialized vehicles, 19 construction vehicles, 7736 motorcycles and 53 marine vessels.