The Uganda Police Force is to arrest all police officers who have deserted from their duties.  According to the statement issued by Deputy police spokesperson Ms Polly Namaye on Monday, over 37 police officers are suspected to have absconded from their duties in places such as Kabalagala, Kajjansi, Kamuli, Kibale, Moroto, Bugiri, Kasese, Kwen, Bundibugyo and Manafa districts.

“These officers are suspected to have deserted their different official assignments with no intention of returning. The Directorate of CIID is in the process of compiling desertion files pending the arrest of these suspects,” the statement reads in part.
According to Ms Namaye, desertion from duty is a crime that may impact negatively on human resource management and development especially since those officers are trained and equipped with official materials such as uniforms and ammunition.
According to the Uganda Police Act, an officer is said to have deserted when he or she is absent from duty without authority for a continuous period of twenty one days (21) or more.

Article 59(1) of the Police Act says “a person who deserts the service in the force commits an offence and is liable to conviction by a criminal court to imprisonment for one year.”
The listed officers are said to have been deployed in different units including general duties and field force unit, from the rank of special police constables to police constables.
Below are the officers who have officially been declared as deserters and their respective unit commanders have been informed to arrest them for trial.

S/NO F/NO RANK NAME UNIT
BGRI003 SPC ABASI MUSOBYA BUGIRI
53602 PC ARUPO DEBORAH BUGIRI
56791 PC OKECH MARK BUGIRI
57844 PC MUKISA GEOFREY BUNDIBUGYO

37195 CPL ABIRIGA G ALBERT FFU
56667 PC AKAMPURIRA ONESMUS FFU
46659 PC AKEELLO TEDDY FFU
35205 PC ALELE DENIS FFU
40389 PC AMURUNGIMOE GODFREY FFU
60242 PC AWOMI SEBBI FFU
31488 PC BYARUGABA MOSES FFU
57459 PC GWENTANDA JOHN PAUL FFU
58151 PC KIRUUTA FRANCIS FFU
43961 PC NDUZALIRE JOHNSTONE FFU
40062 PC NGOZI CHRISTOPHER FFU
56789 PC OKECHA COLLIN FFU
48035 PC OKELLO EMMANUEL OJAMERI FFU
57472 PC NANTAMU ALEX FFU
49946 PC ABACA MARTIN FFU
52281 PC EPILA JOHN BAPTIST FFU

48578 PC SATYA MICHAEL FFU
37640 PC KHAWANGA GODFREY KABALAGALA
33793 PC KHISA MUSA KABALAGALA
KAB012 SPC KIRYA WILBER KABALAGALA
59504 PC ABACHA BONNY KABALAGALA
57662 PC MUJUMBUZI ROLANDA KABALAGALA
25661 CPL MUHUMUZA WILLY KAJJANSI
45940 CPL ISABIRYE ABU KAMULI
57544 PC BIIRA ANJELA KASESE
56957 PC KATONGOLE JOB NJAWUZI KIBALE
47563 CPL MALEZA NATHAN DISON KWEEN
35246 CPL TAGANYA MUBARAK MANAFWA
46564 PC ACHOM SIMON A MOROTO
47347 PC LOBOE JIMMY MOROTO
46091 PC MENYA WILSON MOROTO
42957 CPL MBUSA ADOLF MOROTO
MOR021 SPC ONDOMA JESUS MOROTO

40790 PC ONGU ALEX MOROTO.