The Uganda People’s Defense Forces –UPDF has explained that its spy agency, the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence -CMI, is keeping dozens of people at former Special Investigations Unit –SIU offices in Kireka without clear offences because they are cleaning society of criminal elements.
Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, the UPDF Spokesperson, while responding to the question why CMI has continuously arrested, and detained people at Special Investigations Unit without trial, explained they do so just to rid society of criminal elements.
Brig Gen Kulayigye said that CMI arrests people once it suspects that they have committed or about to commit crimes.
Brig Gen. Kulaigya speaking…
Brig Gen Kulayigye said former SIU facility is used by CMI to detain suspects but it’s under the management of Crime Intelligence Directorate headed by Brig Gen Chris Damulira.
But Kulayigye said the operations that CMI has been conducting leading to arrest of the detained suspects led to the reduction of crime spates like car robberies and home break-ins that were rampant between the months of May and July. END.