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President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Police to stop giving police bonds to petty criminals, saying it is abetting insecurity in the country.
In his televised New Year’s Address to the nation, the President also said he had asked the judiciary through the Chief Justice to end giving bail to suspected criminals on trial.
This, he said, was because his government had succeeded in stopping major incidents like killings by armed elements like the Allied Democratic Front rebels, as well as murders done by hired hitmen mainly those returning from the Middle East.
However, he said, these achievements were being reversed by crimes like theft.
This adds to the directive by Principal Judge Flavian Zeija that magistrates stop giving bail to capital offenders.
Instead, he said that the government should focus on skills such as youth so that after they have been released they can engage in useful economic activities.
He warned that if the local security and police failed to combat this crime, he would be forced to deploy the army and the Local Defense Unit personnel.
