The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has issued a statement explaining the deployment of military police at checkpoints in the Kampala metropolitan area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement issued by UPDF\u2019s Col Chris Magezi, Acting Director Defence Public Information today Tuesday, March 10, 2026 revealed that , the military police deployments on road check points are intended to, \u201crestore sanity on Ugandan roads, ensure full compliance with traffic regulations by ALL motorists, impound unregistered or numberless vehicles,\u00a0 and curb the illegal use of sirens, among other measures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the statement ,UPDF Military Police Brigade, working with the Uganda Police Force have embarked on an operation to restore sanity on Ugandan roads, ensure full compliance with traffic regulations by ALL motorists, impound unregistered or numberless vehicles,\u00a0 and curb the illegal use of sirens, among other measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The public has since welcomed the measurers to restore public order on Uganda’s roads were motorists especially government officials and their handlers were illegally using sirens and lead ars to push people of the roads while driving on the opposite direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The operation was launched effective Monday, 9 March 2026 and will proceed in force for as long as necessary. This is therefore to dismiss the insinuations from some quarters that the snap checkpoints mounted by the Military and Uganda Police traffic corps is an effort to apprehend NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine). No one is looking for or interested in the NUP leader, the aim of the police forces is to restore discipline, total observance of traffic regulations, and curtail criminal activities by some motorists on the roads,” the UPDF statement says in part .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Besides, the enforcement measures are not new, and have been employed in the past to achieve similar objectives. Motorists, including motorcyclists, are urged to cooperate and comply with the Military Police and Uganda Traffic Police directives for the common good.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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