The UPDF and police have issued a two week ultimatum to Ugandans either selling or wearing military attire to hand them over to security or else they get arrested.
The Kampala Metropolitan Police commander, Stephen Tanui met with all Regional Police Commanders for Kampala as well as ghetto youth commanders to brief them about the forthcoming operation.
Stephen Tanui noted that there are some criminals who use clothing similar to military and police uniforms to commit crimes, adding that the operation aims at weeding them out.
The Kampala Metropolitan Police commander explained that in some cases army and police deserters don the security attires whereas relatives of security personnel who passed on have also refused to hand these belongings back to government .
And in some cases they are used to commit crimes like staging illegal roadblocks to rob members of the public.
He revealed that within the two weeks grace period, all those with camouflage and other security attires will be allowed to return them to nearby police stations without any reprimand, after which, the operation will begin.
Luke Oweyisigire, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, said the operation will be carried out by the police, army and their intelligence components.
Owoyesigyire said whereas they had previously carried out similar operations, the attires had found their way back to shops and markets and Ugandans buying and wearing them.
He noted they will be targeting all attire resembling that of security including uniforms, boots and berets and that whoever is caught will be arraigned before courts of law.
