The
Inspector General of Police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura has said that
fighting terrorism needs a joint effort as one country cannot do it
alone.
Police Chief Kale Kayihura’s
“Uganda
alone cannot fight this scourge (terrorism) unless we have a concerted
effort from regional and international level,” Lt. Gen. Kayihura said
this in a speech read for him by the Director Human Resource management,
Charles Birungi at the opening of Post Blast Counter Terrorism Investigators training at Kireka Sports view Hotel, Kampala on Monday.
The
IGP also lauded the sponsors of the training saying; “I want to extend
my sincere thanks to the Institute of Security Studies (ISS) and the
Interpol Regional Bureau of East Africa for the support they have
extended to the whole of the EAPCCO member states in terms of extending
such trainings geared towards the fight against this global threat of
terrorism”.
EAPCCO
is composed of countries from the East African Region which includes
Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan, South
Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea.
Birungi
added that terrorism is real and Uganda is a serious victim of the
threat of terrorism by Al-Shabaab, LRA, ADF and other groups.
The training is aimed at equipping investigators with skills on how to
handle a scene of bomb blast, how to interrogate suspects, and court
proceedings.
The training has attracted over 30 personnel from all the 12 countries of EAPCCO. It will run for three weeks.
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