Uganda: City Robberies Expose Flaws in CCTV Project

On Independence Day in 2018, President Museveni listened attentively as former police acting director for ICT Felix Baryamwisaki demonstrated how CCTV cameras detect unusual building up of a crowd and set off an alarm in the control room.

Watching on a screen miles away from the scene, the President saw a handful of young men converging and the alarm going off at Nateete CCTV command centre. The patrols were dispatched immediately and reached the scene shortly after. The President was impressed.

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