President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated his confidence in the digital motor number plates project, saying it will be vital in fighting criminality in Uganda.
The president said he is now insisting on electronic and intelligent number plates as he doesn’t want these aimless number plates.
Museveni made the comments on Wednesday while presiding over the pass out ceremony of 2,717 newly trained Probational Police Constables, Special Police Constables and immigration officers at Kabalye Police Training School in Masindi district.
Museveni noted that the electronic number plates will significantly close the criminality gap, especially terrorism, now that the force is using all the comprehensive means and assets at their disposal to tackle crime.
He said the killers of tourists in the Queen Elizabeth National Park recently would have been captured more quickly by security.
Meanwhile, President Museveni has urged police to maximize its capabilities in order to help the country fight crime.
Museveni said many of the crimes, like the people who killed tourists, there were tracks left behind but the army initially mismanaged the work.
He explained that on learning that the scene of the attacks on tourists in Queen Elizabeth National Park had been mismanaged, he the following day directed that a police sniffer dog be introduced to help trace for the attackers.
Museveni said all capabilities had been used early enough, the attackers would have been got in no time but said he was happy they were later got and a number of them put out action.
Owing to this incident, the president urged police to make proper use of its capabilities to help them deal with crime in no time.
Speaking to the group, President Museveni said he was happy that now educated and young people are willingly joining the police.
He said enlisting educated people in the forces makes training easy since they learn faster, applauding the leadership of the police force for this feat.
The president implored the officers on discipline, ideology, love for their country and love for themselves by avoiding poor health habits like alcoholism and contracting deadly diseases like HIV/ AIDS.
