By Editorial,
At least 740 million shillings is saved annually by the Uganda police force through making its own uniforms.
Irene Ameri Kimara, the Acting Deputy Director of logistics and engineering said ever since police started making their own uniforms, the money it saves has been tremendously increasing.
Kimara in a brief to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen Geoffrey Tumusiime Katsigazi, said a pair of police uniforms now costs 40,000 shillings and is almost five times less costly compared to purchasing from a prequalified supplier.
Maj. Gen Tumusiime has been getting briefs from the different police directorates and units which he has been visiting or intending to visit. His visits to various police units and directorates are purposely intended to ascertain the working conditions of personnel attached to them but also to establish the challenges being faced by the same.
Last evening, Maj. Gen Tumusiime, paid a visit to the garment factory that was established in 2014 during the reigns of the former IGP Gen Edward Kale Kayihura. ENDÂ
