Uganda: Terror Alert - Police Increase Surveillance

Posted to the web 10 October 2008 Pauline Kairu and Robert Mukombozi Kampala/Jinja Barely a week after the announcement of a terror threat on Uganda, security has stepped up operations throughout the country to prevent any attack. In Kampala, police have heavily deployed on streets and walkways between multi- storeyed business complexes among other prime areas. The Police are searching, and where necessary cordoning off areas of suspicion. Much of the tight deployment has been put in areas with heavy human traffic around the city. "It is true, there has been enforcement since the issuance of terror alerts. We have instructed all police personnel to make necessary enforcements countrywide," Mr Simeo Nsubuga, the Kampala Extra police spokesman, told Daily Monitor by telephone on Wednesday. He said the exercise has widened to... [read full story]