Top police officers at the CID Criminal Investigations Directorate have been moved over irregularities they portrayed during the National Resistance Movement -NRM party primaries.
The order to transfer them was given directly from the president on grounds that the officers failed to arrest instigators of chaos that marred the nrm primaries.
They failed to arrest polling officials that allegedly altered candidates’ results and declared people who had been defeated.
Among those transferred include; CID’s deputy director, Senior Commissioner of Police Joseph Obwana who has been moved to Interpol with no specific title while no substantive person has been appointed to replace him at CID,
Obwana was tasked to spearhead the investigations working alongside the Commissioner of Electoral and Political Offences. ,
Senior Superintendent Richard Mugwisaje has been replaced with Henry Mugumya who has been heading the media crimes department.
Last month, the president directed the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, to arrest whoever participated in altering results, voter bribery, and other forms of malpractice as well as those that plotted violence in various places.
CID Spokesperson, ASP Charles Twine, could not be reached. However, Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said that the Internal Affairs Minister has since barred them from sharing transfers to the media.
