In a bid to fight urban crime, all hospitality facilities including hotels and lodges around the country will be required to submit the names and details of their clients to the police.
The new directive by Asan Kasingye, the Uganda Police chief Political Commissar takes effect immediately and will begin with Kampala and neighbouring districts.
Kasingye said that the shared names shall be used by intelligence agencies for proper documentation of individuals hosted in a given community, where they came from and their next destination.
Similarly, Kasingye said police are also going to help all Local Council chairpersons have village WhatsApp groups for all residents that have smartphones including commanders of nearby police stations.
The police believe that the village WhatsApp groups will enable members to alert their leadership in time and improve the response time to alerts shared by members. At least more 30 homes and factories have been raided by armed gangs in Kampala and its outskirts in recent weeks.
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