By Our Reporter
KAMPALA
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has issued a statement explaining the Monday, 9th March, 2026 deployment of Military Police at Checkpoints in the Kampala Metropolitan Area.
The statement issued by UPDF’s Col Chris Magezi, Acting Director Defence Public Information on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 disputes Social Media claims that the deployments are intended to look for NUP President, Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine.
Magezi says instead, the deployments are intended to, “restore sanity on Ugandan roads, ensure full compliance with traffic regulations by ALL motorists, impound unregistered or numberless vehicles, and curb the illegal use of sirens, among other measures.”
FULL STATEMENT BELOW
Clarification on Military Police Deployments at Checkpoints in the Kampala Metropolitan Area
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
The UPDF Military Police Brigade, working with the Uganda Police Force have embarked on an operation to restore sanity on Ugandan roads, ensure full compliance with traffic regulations by ALL motorists, impound unregistered or numberless vehicles, and curb the illegal use of sirens, among other measures.
The operation was launched effective Monday, 9 March 2026 and will proceed in force for as long as necessary. This is therefore to dismiss the insinuations from some quarters that the snap checkpoints mounted by the Military and Uganda Police traffic corps is an effort to apprehend NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine). No one is looking for or interested in the NUP leader, the aim of the police forces is to restore discipline, total observance of traffic regulations, and curtail criminal activities by some motorists on the roads.
Besides, the enforcement measures are not new, and have been employed in the past to achieve similar objectives. Motorists, including motorcyclists, are urged to cooperate and comply with the Military Police and Uganda Traffic Police directives for the common good.
CHRIS MAGEZI
Colonel
Acting Director Defence Public Information
MODVA/UPDF
