Police Force build new headquarters
Sep 25, 2007
THE construction of the much awaited Police headquarters has finally kicked off. The sh25b project, which had been shelved for sometime, got underway on Friday.
By Steven Candia
THE construction of the much awaited Police headquarters has finally kicked off. The sh25b project, which had been shelved for sometime, got underway on Friday.
The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, presided over the ground-breaking ceremony at the former Naguru Police airstrip in Kampala.
He expressed happiness that the project, “which has taken 100 years, has finally taken off.â€
Babcon Uganda Ltd was contracted to handle the construction.
Kayihura promised to source more funds for the project and improve the welfare of the force. The project will be executed in two phases.
The first phase will include the construction of the smaller tower. “It will entail raising the shell and should be done in about six months,†a source said.
Up to sh1.5b has already been released for the work and the bulk for the second tower will be out of this year’s financial budget.
Projections are that the Police should be able to move to its new home before the end of next year.
For a long time, the Police have been renting offices at colossal sums for its headquarters.
Mid this year, the Police shifted its headquarters to the former British High Commission premises on Parliamentary Avenue from the Kibuli Police Training School, where it had been stationed since 2001 after being evicted from the Crested Towers building.
Prior to that, the Police headquarters were at the Parliamentary Building. Currently, the Police pay over sh60m as monthly rent for its offices.
THE construction of the much awaited Police headquarters has finally kicked off. The sh25b project, which had been shelved for sometime, got underway on Friday.
The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, presided over the ground-breaking ceremony at the former Naguru Police airstrip in Kampala.
He expressed happiness that the project, “which has taken 100 years, has finally taken off.â€
Babcon Uganda Ltd was contracted to handle the construction.
Kayihura promised to source more funds for the project and improve the welfare of the force. The project will be executed in two phases.
The first phase will include the construction of the smaller tower. “It will entail raising the shell and should be done in about six months,†a source said.
Up to sh1.5b has already been released for the work and the bulk for the second tower will be out of this year’s financial budget.
Projections are that the Police should be able to move to its new home before the end of next year.
For a long time, the Police have been renting offices at colossal sums for its headquarters.
Mid this year, the Police shifted its headquarters to the former British High Commission premises on Parliamentary Avenue from the Kibuli Police Training School, where it had been stationed since 2001 after being evicted from the Crested Towers building.
Prior to that, the Police headquarters were at the Parliamentary Building. Currently, the Police pay over sh60m as monthly rent for its offices.