Security personnel to be deployed to building rooftops
Ugandan police officers and members of Local Defence Units, a paramilitary force composed of civilians, on curfew patrol in the capital Kampala in April 2020. PHOTO | AFP
The Ugandan government will deploy security personnel on all rooftops of Kampala’s arcades and tall buildings to ensure security in the capital as citizenns go to the polls on Thursday.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said the security decision was informed by violent protests in and around Kampala in November.
