Kateeba said that most of the security guards are not trained enough to handle some situations. He added that the department will move to close all companies that lack the requirements.
The Acting head of Private Security and Fire Arms Department in
Uganda Police, Apollo Kateeba, has said that cases of security guards killing civilians
are as a result of lack of supervision.
His comments follow the death of Ainebyoona Mugisha who was on Tuesday shot
dead by Moses Angoria, a security guard at Quality Supermarket in Naalya.
Meeting directors, operations managers, and supervisors of private
security firms in Fort Portal on Friday, Kateeba noted that the Naalya incident
and many others would not have happened if the security guards were being
supervised by the companies.
He says that private security companies are supposed to have
supervisors whose job is to regularly check the performance of the guards.
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Kateeba said that most of the security guards are not trained
enough to handle some situations. He added that the department will move to
close all companies that lack the requirements.
Some of the requirements he stated include certificate of
incorporation, permanent and fenced offices, receipts indicating full payment
of monthly salaries for the guards, and proof that hired guns from police are
paid for.
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Grace Matsiko, the National Chairman of Uganda Private Security
Companies Association, admitted that there are loopholes in the training of
security guards and their supervision.
He said that as an association,
they are in advanced stages of establishing a training school for security guards.
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Pascal Tugume, who represented Saracen Security Limited regretted
the Naalya incident, saying that the firm is doing all it takes to ensure such
incidents don’t happen again.
