The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, has admitted to unease between him and Security Minister Lt. Gen Henry Tumukunde.<\/p>\n
Kayihura told Parliament\u2019s Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs that the said tension, fuelled by inter-intelligence agencies\u2019 rivalry is normal and poses no fundamental problem to national security.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, there may be tensions between us, but there is really no fundamental problem between us,\u201d said Kayihura, in response to a question from MP Muhammad Kivumbi regarding their reportedly tense relations.<\/p>\n
Kayihura defended Police\u2019s recent handing to the Internal Security Organization (ISO) a notorious city criminal known by an alias, Ssobi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe collaborate with agencies. We handed these people over to ISO because they said they are conducting special intelligence operations,\u201d said Kayihura.<\/p>\n
Kayihura was part of a delegation headed by the State Minister of Internal Affairs, Mario Obiga Kania, appearing before the House Committee considering the National Budget Framework Paper.<\/p>\n
On claims by Kivumbi that the Police are engaged in mutual hostility against Rwanda, Minister Obiga said Uganda\u2019s Foreign Policy is clearly against any such purported acts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to state categorically that the Foreign Policy of Uganda is very clear, our President is not supporting any efforts to destabilize any country,\u201d said Obiga.<\/p>\n
Kayihura also deflected questions on an incident at a local bar where Tumukunde halted an eviction enforced by Police.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this particular incident, the police was doing its work but as to why the Minister intervened, ask him not me. Ask him why he intervenes in operations,\u201d said Kayihura.<\/p>\n
Minister Kania called for continued funding of Police projects and operations, saying the alternative to a strong Police force is creeping lawlessness and criminality.<\/p>\n
\u201cA country that hates its police must start loving its criminals. I want to appeal to this Committee to support the police\u2019s effort to institutional growth,\u201d said Obiga.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Kivumbi challenged the Committee\u2019s inquiry into the Budget Framework Paper, which he said was wrongly before Parliament and had to be cured by the afternoon Plenary.<\/p>\n
Kivumbi said the tabling of the Budget Framework Paper was defective since it was not done in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act, which requires the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to present it together with a Certificate of Gender Compliance.<\/p>\n
Committee Chairperson, Judith Nabakooba (NRM, Mityana), adjourned the meeting to consult with the Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, who gave it a go ahead.<\/p>\n
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