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President Museveni says crime preventers should fight voter bribery, domestic violence and theft of government drugs in the communities.
President Yoweri Museveni directs crime preventers to help police fight voter bribery in the forthcoming general elections. According to the president, politicians are resorting to bribing voters at the expense of offering services to the citizens, a practice that must be stopped.
He says it is only crime preventers who can report politicians who are distributing salt, soap and money to bribe voters, since they are part of the communities.
Other key challenges that the president wants crime preventers to fight include domestic violence and theft of government drugs.
This was during the pass out of 200,000 crime preventers at Golf Course in Lira town. 30 crime preventers were recruited per village in the eight districts of Lango - Lira, Oyam, Dokolo, Kole, Apac, Otuke, Amolatar and Alebtong.
They were trained by Uganda police for six months on how to detect and report crime in their communities. The entire Lango sub-region has only 1800 police personnel, and the force is counting on the crime preventers to support them in fighting crime.
President Museveni says government is embarking on the reduction of crimes to facilitate fast development of the region, following the return of peace.
He says it is only crime preventers who can report politicians who are distributing salt, soap and money to bribe voters, since they are part of the communities.
Other key challenges that the president wants crime preventers to fight include domestic violence and theft of government drugs.
This was during the pass out of 200,000 crime preventers at Golf Course in Lira town. 30 crime preventers were recruited per village in the eight districts of Lango - Lira, Oyam, Dokolo, Kole, Apac, Otuke, Amolatar and Alebtong.
They were trained by Uganda police for six months on how to detect and report crime in their communities. The entire Lango sub-region has only 1800 police personnel, and the force is counting on the crime preventers to support them in fighting crime.
President Museveni says government is embarking on the reduction of crimes to facilitate fast development of the region, following the return of peace.
