Professional Standard Unit of the Uganda police has arrested their own senior officers over allegation corruption.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Siraje Bakaleke has been arrested in crackdown on errant and corrupt officers.
Bakaleke is the Kampala South Regional police commander and is detained alongside Assistant Superintendent of Police Munerezo, the officer in charge of crime intelligence at Katwe police station, who doubles as an investigating officer, ASP George Kayongo an operative, Police Constable Kenneth Ziritusa an operative and Patrick Ochen also an operative. Bakaleke has been under investigation for deploying Kaweesi’s bodyguards to protect city socialite Bryan White.
Bakaleke is the current commander of Kampala Metropolitan South which is under the Directorate of Kampala Metropolitan police headed by Commissioner of Police Frank Mwesigwa who reports directly to Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura.
Bakaleke’s arrest come at the time when IGP, made changes that has seen Assistant Inspector General of Police, Haruna Isabirye appointed as Director Human Resource Development while his blue eyed boy AIGP, Lemmy Twinomugisha transferred from parliament police to Director Welfare and Production. He has been replaced at parliament by Superintendent of Police (SP) Anabera Nyamiro.
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