Kampala — A TOTAL of 25 Police officers have completed an anti-terrorism course ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit. The training, to enhance security, was facilitated by the Scotland Yard Police and the Institute for Security Studies (South Africa).

The one-month training, which started on July 16, was spearheaded by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, which was launched in 2006 to fight against terrorism.

The member-states are Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.

The participants were drawn from the Criminal Investigation Department, the Special Branch, Mobile Police Patrol Unit and training schools.

Ruhakana Rugunda, the internal affairs minister, said the training was timely since Uganda would host CHOGM in November.

"This is the first training of its kind. It was specially given to Uganda because of the forthcoming CHOGM summit," he said on Friday.