By Eddie Ssejjoba
Sunday, February 15, 2010
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Kampala, Uganda - ABOUT 124 Uganda Police personnel have been deployed to train Somali police under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The first batch of personnel left yesterday for Nairobi where they will undergo a short orientation course before they head to Mogadishu.
Over 2,600 Uganda People’s Defense Forces are in Somalia under the African Union (AU) sponsored peacekeeping mission.
Interpol director Fred Kiyagga said there were a lot of activities within the Police force, with several groups trained and commissioned to serve abroad.
The deployment followed the arrival of a team of officials from the AMISOM which last year camped in Kampala and interviewed several Police.
Kiyagga said the personnel would be assigned in groups as per the union schedule. The group included the Kampala Metropolitan former Police publicist, Simeo Nsubuga and Assistant Commissioner of Police Joram Baryayagha.
“Many returned and have been on standby as we wait for assignments from the union because they cannot take everyone,” the human resource manager, Benson Nyeko said.
This will be the first Police team to serve in Somalia under the union.
Sources revealed that other countries like Nigeria had also sent personnel for training.
Source: New Vision