Uganda: Why Ochola Dissolved Police Flying Squad Unit

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Kampala — A decision to disband police's Flying Squad Unit (FSU) was taken by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Martins Okoth-Ochola, due to mounting allegations of gross misconduct and torture of suspects by its operatives, Daily Monitor has learnt.

The decision, according to highly-placed sources, was taken without consultation with the powerful 24-member police Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) which previously discussed, and endorsed, the reversion of the dreaded Nalufenya from a holding cell for high-profile suspects to an ordinary police station.

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