Kanja off the hook as lawmakers engineer radical police reforms

MPs recommend approval of the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill, 2025

by MOSES OGADA

News06 December 2025 - 05:00

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***Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja with NPSC officials during the recruitment drive. /FILE***

A House team has approved a bill that will impose an age limit of 60 years for the appointment of the Inspector General of Police and his or her deputies, triggering a constitutional debate.

The National Assembly Committee on Administration and Internal Security has, in a report tabled in Parliament, recommended the approval of the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill, 2025, sponsored by Teso North MP Oku Kaunya.

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