MPs on the Defense and Internal Affairs committee of parliament have voiced their disquiet about the manner in which 140 Ugandan police officers were deployed to Somalia in August last year without Parliament's approval.
The legislators, although accede that the constitution and the Police Act are 'silent' about deployment of police personnel outside Ugandan borders, contend that parliament should have given its seal of approval to the deployment given its oversight role over the police force.
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