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The Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Armed Forces Gen. (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has underscored the need to strengthen peace and security in order for Uganda to continue achieving the desired socio-economic transformation while lecturing Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) yesterday Tuesday 9^th May 2023.

President Museveni has emphasized the need to strengthen the peace and security for Uganda to continue undergoing the intended socioeconomic development while delivering a lecture of opportunity to 67 police officers under the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) at State House-Entebbe yesterday Tuesday 9th May 2023. The President stated that insecurity slows development since businesses cannot flourish.

“If there’s rampant crime, there will be no socio-economic transformation. We must have peace and a crime free society. If there’s crime and insecurity, investors cannot come here because the cost of doing business is very high. CID officers have got a very critical role in shaping socio-economic transformation,” the President said.

He used Kampala neighborhoods like Munyonyo and Kansanga in Makindye East as examples, where people from all walks of life who fled from insecure nations are now successfully operating companies in Uganda as a result of the country’s general tranquility.

“These people are wealth creators and need peace, so they do not run away to take their businesses elsewhere.” President Museveni said.

He urged the officers to constantly carry out their duties in accordance with the NRM’s doctrine, which is based on the four principles of patriotism, Pan-Africanism, socio-economic transformation, and democracy.

“This little war is against thieves, and you can deal with them, but you must start by being clean yourselves,” H.E. Museveni continued.

The President further stated that the only way for Africa to live in prosperity is by producing goods or services and selling them, rather than by begging, and that all Ugandans must participate in the four (4) sectors of wealth creation, namely commercial agriculture, manufacturing, services, and information and communications technology (ICT).

The Commander in Chief also thanked the police authorities for taking his advice to keep training their officers. He said that after they took office in 1986, they realized that part of the issue with security and the fight against crime in Africa was ideological and that people were unable to do their jobs because they were unaware of the needs of their societies.

“It’s good to have these courses to know how to fight crime but also the vision of society of how the future should be. Political management is like medicine. If the patient is to be saved, the doctor must get the diagnosis correct,” Gen Museveni said, adding that many of the African countries are unstable because they are not able to diagnose their problems properly.

President Museveni was briefed by the Director of Police CID, AIGP Major Tom Magambo Rwabudongo, that despite some intimidation, they had begun to make progress on high-profile crimes and corruption. He further stated that a complaints desk has been established at the CID headquarters in Kibuli, and a toll-free number will soon be put into place so that members of the public may contact them directly.

President Museveni was commended by AIGP Godfrey Golooba, the director of human resource development for the Uganda Police Force, for the confidence he placed in them to professionalize the force. He also informed the President that the Kabalye Police Training School’s three-month refresher course on criminal investigations and intelligence had been a success, and that another group of 77 officers would be reporting for a comparable course on May 13, 2023.

Along with others, Director of CID Training School Kabalye, Ramathan Doka, and Assistant Commissioner of Police Emitu Ezekiel attended the lecture.