Kampala — A committee meeting between the parliamentary committee on Defence and Intenal affairs and officials from the defence ministry Tuesday turned chaotic as Mps questioned the involvement of the army in police work.
Trouble started when the shadow minister of defence and internal affairs and Butambala Mp Mohammad Muwanga Kivumbi asked the defence minister Adolf Mwesige to explain why the army is assuming police roles, yet soldiers may not be so technical in investigating crime, as compared to police which has a fully-fledged directorate of Criminal Investigations.
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