Kayihura to fight potbellies in Police
Jan 03, 2010
Police chief Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has declared 2010 the year to wipe out potbellies in the Force.
By Andante Okanya and Norman Katende
Police chief Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has declared 2010 the year to wipe out potbellies in the Force.
Speaking after receiving the Queen’s Baton on Friday, Kayihura ordered all his officers to be fit and trim off the potbellies.
“It is unhealthy for a police officer or anyone active in the forces to have a potbelly. We are going to dedicate our time to work on this. We want a fit force. We are going to use sports to see that we achieve it within the next few months,†he said at the breakfast organised by the National Council of Sports at Oasis Club, Lugogo.
He wondered how a traffic officer can have a potbelly. To him, it was a sign of indiscipline in terms of fitness and eating habits.
Kayihura, who led senior police officers into a relay with the baton, said there should be a public programme to help people to keep fit.
“Those who are doing it as professionals should go on. But we should also find means of involving the masses as a way of having a fit public,†he said.
Uganda is the 19th of the 71 countries to receive the Queen’s baton. The baton has the Queen’s message to be read at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in India on October 3. It has modern gadgets, including a camera that records everyone who carries it and is connected to the GPS system for easy tracing. It left Uganda for the Seychelles on
Saturday.
Speaking later at a dinner at Fang Fang Restaurant in Kampala, Kayihura again vowed to weed out unfit Police officers, saying they were excess baggage to the force.
“The biggest problem in the force is lack of training. Some of the officers have refused to do training but Ugandans deserve a fit Police force. Whoever cannot cope should go.â€
The dinner was in honour of the recently passed out 32 elite Police officers, together with their North Korean instructors.
The 32 completed a training of trainers martial arts course at the Police training school in Kabalye, Masindi. They trained in taekwondo and judo, attaining black belts.
He added that he would take a leaf from the Malaysian Police, where officers are subjected to regular measurement of the waistlines.
“I think I will use the Malaysian style where they measure the waist. The main weapon of a Police officer is the body,†the Police chief said.
Police chief Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has declared 2010 the year to wipe out potbellies in the Force.
Speaking after receiving the Queen’s Baton on Friday, Kayihura ordered all his officers to be fit and trim off the potbellies.
“It is unhealthy for a police officer or anyone active in the forces to have a potbelly. We are going to dedicate our time to work on this. We want a fit force. We are going to use sports to see that we achieve it within the next few months,†he said at the breakfast organised by the National Council of Sports at Oasis Club, Lugogo.
He wondered how a traffic officer can have a potbelly. To him, it was a sign of indiscipline in terms of fitness and eating habits.
Kayihura, who led senior police officers into a relay with the baton, said there should be a public programme to help people to keep fit.
“Those who are doing it as professionals should go on. But we should also find means of involving the masses as a way of having a fit public,†he said.
Uganda is the 19th of the 71 countries to receive the Queen’s baton. The baton has the Queen’s message to be read at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in India on October 3. It has modern gadgets, including a camera that records everyone who carries it and is connected to the GPS system for easy tracing. It left Uganda for the Seychelles on
Saturday.
Speaking later at a dinner at Fang Fang Restaurant in Kampala, Kayihura again vowed to weed out unfit Police officers, saying they were excess baggage to the force.
“The biggest problem in the force is lack of training. Some of the officers have refused to do training but Ugandans deserve a fit Police force. Whoever cannot cope should go.â€
The dinner was in honour of the recently passed out 32 elite Police officers, together with their North Korean instructors.
The 32 completed a training of trainers martial arts course at the Police training school in Kabalye, Masindi. They trained in taekwondo and judo, attaining black belts.
He added that he would take a leaf from the Malaysian Police, where officers are subjected to regular measurement of the waistlines.
“I think I will use the Malaysian style where they measure the waist. The main weapon of a Police officer is the body,†the Police chief said.