By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The acting Inspector General of Police, Maj. General Godfrey Katsigazi Tumusime has made changes of about 150 top police officers.
In the transfer message signed by the Director of Human Resource Administration and Management, Jesse Kamunanwire, senior commissioner of police Joseph Obwona has been reappointed as deputy director Interpol. Obwona had retired but has been recalled on contract.
The March 20 transfers sees Senior Commissioner of Police, Venice Baguma Tumuhimbise appointed as the new commander of the Police’s Professional Standards Unit.
Baguma replaces SCP Sarah Kibwika, who moves to deputise Lawrence Niwabiine at the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety, while Assistant Commissioner of Police Julius Ceasar Tusingwire is the new commandant for the Mineral Protection Unit.
Tusingwire has previously been serving as the Regional Police Commander for Bukedi South and he has been replaced by his deputy, Senior Superintendent of Police, Fred Ahimbisibwe.
Also in the changes, Robert Ssenyondo, who has been the commander of the Mineral Protection Unit, has been sent to the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi for a refresher course.
These are the first transfers in the Police force is making since the retirement of John Martins Okoth-Ochola as the Inspector General of Police, earlier this month.
Maj Gen Godfrey Tumusiime Katsigazi is the acting police chief as the force awaits President Museveni’s appointment of the substantive IGP.
