IGP Byakagaba commends Omala’s tireless service to police force

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abas Byakagaba, has commended the exemplary service that the former Kampala North Police Operations Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sam Omala, offered to the Uganda Police Force until retirement.

Omala who joined the police in 1986 as a police constable was passed out at Kabalye in Masindi district. He retired in 2020.

During a funeral service at All Saints Church Nakasero in Kampala on Thursday (May 01), Commissioner of Police Moses Otaala Oburu who presented  Byakagaba's message to the congregation hailed Omala for his unwavering dedicated service and outstanding contributions to the force.

CP Moses Otaala Oburu who represented IGP Abas Byakagaba (middle) with Capt. Mike Mukula during the service at All Saints Church Nakasero

“I commend Omala whose tireless service and commitment to maintaining law and order left an indelible mark on the institution. His service has been characterized by a steadfast dedication to duty, a strong sense of justice, and a passion for protecting and serving Uganda. Since Omala got sick, we were informed by the family and we immediately took over in November 2024 when his health worsened until Easter Sunday and when he died, " he added.

Omala who was born on March 1, 1960, died on April 29, 2025, at the age of 64 years. He survived with 16 children (including 10 boys) and 29 grandchildren. He is also survived by two widows, Josephine Omala and Harriet Nalubwama.

After a protracted battle against kidney failure and prostate cancer, Omala breathed his last at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala on Monday.

A legacy of service

Arrow Security Group Chief Executive Officer Capt. Mike Mukula remarked that Omala reached his peak of service when he quelled the 2011 walk-to-work protests led by former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president, Dr. Col. (rtd) Kiiza Besigye.

“Omala was a person who should have been recognised and given the highest honour for his service due to his exemplary service to the police force when the government needed disciplined officers to defend the constitution,” Mukula reminded.

"If it was not for Omala’s strict stance to Besigye’s revolutionary approach to capture the State House in broad daylight, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government under President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni would be long gone and forgotten,” he observed.

“I would have wanted to see many government officials and security officers including Gen. Kale Kayihura who was his commanding officer to be here since Omala served his country selflessly as examples,” he lamented.

Son asks for forgiveness

Dvyn Mutukuvu Omala while eulogizing his father, asked Ugandans to forgive Omala and his family.

Shedding tears, Mutukuvu said quoting his father, “I am asking for forgiveness from all those that I have wronged during my time of service in the police and I have forgiven anybody whom I had grudges with before God decides my fate.”

“My father told me to apologize to everybody he wronged including Besigye whose protests he commanded to keep law and order in the city,” he lamented, “I am appealing to Ugandans to learn to forgive because we are different tribes, religions and political affiliation but we all work towards a better country like anybody else.”

Omala's burial is scheduled for Saturday at his ancestral home in Senda-Paskula village, Kirewa Parish, Kirewa Sub-County in Tororo district.