The Inspector General of Police Martins Okoth Ochola has halted the operating licenses for 39 Private Security Companies. According to the deputy police spokesperson, Polly Namaye, the affected companies failed to fulfil some or all of the necessary conditions for license renewal last year(2022) as per Regulation 14(d) of the Police (Control of Private Security Organisations) Regulations 2013.
Some of the conditions include;
- NSSF certificate of clearance.
- Evidence of payment of gun licensing fees/ gun rental fees.
- Evidence of annual inspection of the company.
Namaye said the detailed list of these companies can be found at all Police Stations and Regional Police headquarters.
“All regional Police Commanders have been instructed to ensure that these companies halt their operations and ensure compliance to the suspension. A team of officers from the Private Security and Firearms department have been instructed to conduct withdrawal/ recovery of firearms from the respective Private Security Organisations (PSOs),” she said.
She added that the Uganda Police Force continues to receive requests for license reinstatement from PSOs whose licenses were previously suspended. “This will depend on whether the necessary conditions for renewal of the license have been fulfilled.”
She said that the Directorate of Operations has developed Standard Operating Procedures for all Private security Companies whereby each PSO has been supplied a copy of the SOPs for compliance.
“Important to note is that each Private Security Guard shall receive mandatory training based on a standard training curriculum. Deployment of security guards shall depend on their successful accomplishment of this mandatory training,” she said.
LIST OF HLATED COMPANIES:
- ALPHA GUARD SECURITY SERVICES
- TACTICAL SEQURITY SERVICES LTD
- FIELD BUREAU INVESTIGATORS LTD
- KWISAPH SECURITY LTD
- CRACK SECURIY LTD
- BLUE WATER GUARDS SECURITY SERVICES LTD
- BYAKUNO SECRITY SERVICES LTD
- BLUE FOX GUARDS DND
- SOLID SECURITY SERVICES LTD
- AL-THURAYA CONSULTANCY LTD
- TAIFA SECURITY (U) LTD
- UNITED HEROES LTD
- AZA SECURITY CO. LTD
- AXIS WARRORS LTD
- BUKA SECURITY SERVICES LTD
- WINK WORTH
- INVESTIGATORS AND DETECTIVE AGENCY LTD
- CHRISTIAN GUARDS
- SECURITY SERVICES LTD
- EXECUTIVE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LTD
- RESERVE PROTECTION SERVIES LTD
- IRIS SECURITY COMPANY LTD
- SHARP SECURITY LTD
- STRAT CORPS SECURITY LTD
- TEBE SECURITY GROUP LTD
- ZEBRA SECURITY CO. LTD
- KBJ GUARDS CO. LTD
- THE GIDEONS MEN
- RANGERŞ SECURTY LTD
- ELGA FORCE SECUNTY LPD
- ANKA SECURKȚY SERVCES LTD
- NDUGARI SECURITY SERVICES LTD
- HERCULES SUPPORTU
- KRONE (U) LTD
- TRUST SECURITYOQMRANY LTD
- STAR REACT SECURITY GUARDS LTD
- DELTANORCE PROTECTION SERVICES LTD
- PREMIER SECURITY SYSTEM LTD
- ALERT GUARDS & SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD
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