Uganda Police has been appointed to chair the International Association of chiefs of Police-IACP, Sub Saharan Africa from Rwanda that chaired the region’s chiefs of police body for the last three years.
The Inspector General of Police of Uganda General Kale Kayihura who is the incoming chairman of the body said that through the Association, Africa chiefs of police have become a team, another strength in curbing security threats on the continent.
“As I take on this responsibility I urge of all us to continue working as a team in order to fulfill the responsibilities we have been tasked to carry out,” he said while receiving the chairmanship during the executive meeting for international association of chiefs of police sub Saharan Africa on Sunday in Kigali.
The meeting running on the theme, ‘ contemporary policing for safer World’ will see chiefs of police discussing issues pertaining collaboration, partnerships as well as new strategies to address new emerging security threats like cybercrime.
Also, the meeting that has brought together chiefs of Police in the sub Saharan Africa comes ahead of the of the 84 the session of the General Assembly for International police that kicks off on Monday in Kigali.
While handing over the chairmanship, the inspector General of Police-IGP for Rwanda National Police Emmanuel Gasana said that there has been remarkable progress towards responding to cross border security which came about due to collaboration under the body.
“We should continue to seek cooperation partnership both on continental and global levels to address security threats as police leaders,” he said.
“We should focus more on capacity building, increased collaboration and jointly discover the new ways of addressing emerging challenges,” IGP Gasana noted.
Gasana also called on the international Association of Chiefs of Police-IACP to adopt Rwanda’s Isange one stop centre model that has shown positive results towards ending gender violence as well as child abuse.
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