Ever since former flamboyant Inspector General of Police Gen Edward Kalekyezi Kayihura nibbled the dust in dramatic fashion, the news has been all about him. His report card has been written many times over most prominently by his detractors and it has not been a good one. To be fair, nearly everything that is visible to the naked eye changed (and improved) under the watch of Gen Kayihura.
What should we make of his reign that saw the budget of the institution climb from less than Shs80b to more than Shs500b? How do we judge a man who in a period of 12 years (2005-2017), grew the strength of the police force from about 18,000 to 45,000 officers? What will we write about the man under whose control the Force acquired a fleet of hundreds of patrol cars, ambulances, anti-riot armoured personnel carriers, water cannons, motorcycles, bicycles? etc. What about the training colleges and the plans for a police university, the smart uniforms of the police of late made by a factory opened in Kampala, etc?
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