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@kfm Tue, 14 May 2024 04:10:16

Makindye MP Nyeko, 4 others arrested over possession of gov’t stores

Makindye East MP Derrick Nyeko and four other suspects have been detained over illegal  possession of army uniforms a monopoly of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). The intelligence-led operation was conducted last evening after the Uganda police force and other security agencies secured a court order with which they cordoned off offices, residences, shops, among other targeted areas in Wandegeya and Kamwokya, Kampala. Section 119 (1) of the UPDF Act 2005 stipulates that any person found in unlawful possession of any equipment ordinarily being the monopoly of the defence forces and other classified stores as prescribed, is subject to military law and can be tried in military courts as appropriate. The offence carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment […]

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