Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has rejected a request to stay the eviction of Mulago Police barracks officers.

Nabbanja, however, said about 54 affected officers will be relocated to other Police barracks across the country.

On Friday, she told Parliament that they will be replaced by mobile Police Patrol.

“I recently received a petition from a group of Police Officers from Mulago Police barracks who wanted me to intervene. I held a meeting on Tuesday with the Deputy Inspector General of Police who assured me that the affected officers will be relocated and not evicted as some people allege,” Nabbanja said.

She explained that the barracks was established in Mulago in 2016 when there was insecurity in the area. However, the security has since improved and Mulago now wants its land for expansion and development.

MP Betty Nambooze (Mukono Municipality) informed the House chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa that according to the eviction notice by Mulago Referral Hospital management, the officers are supposed to vacate the place by Monday 12, 2024.

According to Nambooze, the officers have not been informed where they would go. She appealed to Nabbanja to stay the eviction until the officers have been given alternative houses.

“They have been informed that if they don’t leave, the Hospital will evict them forcefully and yet they were invited and constructed semi-permanent structures. These people don’t know where to go,” she said.

Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa said they will go back to the headquarters for redeployment.

By press time, the Inspector General of Police had not yet issued any public statement on the eviction nor reacted to the discussion in Parliament.