Police Joins Fight Against Pornography
The Pornography Control Committee (PCC) is training over 200 police cops in the Kampala Metropolitan to curb acts of sexual violence.
The cops have been equipped with knowledge and skill under the ant-Pornography Act 2014 .
While appreciating the contents of the Anti-Pornography Act 2014 and the officers vowed to aggressively support the fight against the crime.
The ongoing training that started at the beginning of 2021 has also included various government ministries and cultural institutions.
These include; Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, the Creative Arts Industry, and representatives from the cultural Institutions in Uganda.
Police Joins Fight Against Pornography
Officers trained include; Unit Commanders (Uniformed and territorial commanders), CID officers, Community Liaison Officers (CLOs), and Child and Family Protection Officers (CFPUs).
The training started in Mukono and Naggalama, Kira Road, CID Headquarters Kibuli and Kampala North based at Kawempe plus officers from Savanah region, in Luwero District.
The sole goal of the training is to eliminate pornography in Uganda.
Dr. Annette K. Kezaabu, chairperson to the PCC says pornography and its effects are directly leaked to families and communities.
“Families and communities are faced with many crimes and rarely do we connect the dots to find the role pornography is playing in this. The heart and soul of any nation must never be destroyed by challenges we have come to know their grave effects like pornography….” said Dr. Kezaabu said.
She says the use of pornography has been linked to sexual crimes like rape and defilement, Beastiality, and others like drug abuse, domestic violence, and murder.
The CID officers have also been encouraged to look at crime with perspective and incorporate the aspect of porn where need be.
The PCC has previously carried out systematic sensitization and awareness programs in the media and community on the Anti-Pornography Act, 2014.
It is said that people watch porn casually, to boost their sex life or to take away stress, however it can be very destructive.
Under the anti-pornography act, porn is a crime that entails the production of pornographic materials, trafficking in the same, publishing and broadcasting such materials and procuring them, exporting and importing, selling, and abetting.
The Committee was hosted by the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity from the Office of the President.
