The Minister of State for Internal Affairs Gen David Muhoozi has emphasized the importance of adaptive leadership and modern policing strategies in response to Uganda’s evolving security challenges.
He outlined key national security priorities and reaffirmed government support for the Uganda Police Force (UPF) and the Uganda Prison Service.
While speaking at the Pass out of the Senior Officers, the Minister highlighted that crime has become increasingly transnational, digital, and sophisticated, necessitating transformational leadership and investment in specialized training and inter-agency cooperation.
He also recognized the vital role the Uganda Police Force and Prison Service play in national development, noting that security is foundational to Uganda’s socio-economic progress and its attainment of lower middle-income status.
With the 2026 general elections approaching, Gen Muhoozi underlined government efforts to ensure a peaceful and secure electoral process and waid that the graduation of senior officers was hailed as a timely step toward boosting operational readiness and coordination.
Addressing welfare concerns, the Minister revealed plans to improve accommodation, provide full uniforms, and enhance food provisions for police officers, especially those in lower ranks, to increase morale and effectiveness.
Gen Muhoozi further highlighted technological upgrades, including expanding the national CCTV surveillance network, increasing the transport fleet and strengthening forensic capabilities to improve threat detection and response.
He also discussed the Sub-County Policing Model, an initiative aligned with President Yoweri Museveni’s directives to staff every sub-county in Uganda with trained officers in crime intelligence, investigations, and community liaison and the model aims to be scaled to all 2,197 sub-counties nationwide and in order to bolster manpower, the government has approved the recruitment of 10,000 Probation Police constables, who will soon begin training.
Gen Muhoozi stressed the importance of resource mobilization, accountability, and prudent use of public funds in line with national priorities and expressed gratitude to President Museveni for his continued leadership in strengthening Uganda’s security institutions and praised the collaboration between government and UPF leadership as central to maintaining peace and ensuring a secure electoral environment in 2026.
The Uganda Prisons Service has made great progress in capacity building and training for its personnel under the visionary leadership of the Commissioner General of Prisons Dr Johnson Byabasheija
This includes Non Commissioned Officers Courses for Junior Officers, Junior and Station Command Courses, the Intermediate Command and Staff Course for middle-level managers.
This follows Senior Command and Staff Course for senior managers, delivered in partnership with the Uganda Police Force and according to Dr Byabasheija, further opportunities are being explored to provide specialised leadership training for top managers, ensuring Uganda Prisons Services continues to build a highly skilled and effective workforce.
While speaking at the same event, the Inspector General of Police, Abbas Byakagaba, emphasized that today’s security environment is changing rapidly, with crime becoming more transnational, digital and sophisticated.
IGP Byakagaba stressed the need for continuous training and transformative leadership to strengthen and make full use of the existing security systems.
