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Arrested Officer Is Not Kanungu OC-CID, Police Clarify

Published by Watchdog Uganda By Catherine Apolot · 28 October 2026 at 11:15
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KAMPALA — Police have clarified that a retired Assistant Inspector of Police captured in a viral video being manhandled during an arrest in Kihihi is not the Officer in Charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (OC-CID) in Kanungu, as claimed on social media. In a statement issued on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, police identified the […] The post Arrested Officer Is Not Kanungu OC-CID, Police Clarify appeared

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