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Police Abandon 'Crude' AK-47 Assault Rifles for Pistols in Kampala
7 March 2010
Observer (Kampala)
Mean looking AK-47 toting Police constables will soon disappear from the streets as the force moves to introduce sidearm pistols, the universally accepted weapons in modern policing.
The Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, told a press conference at the Police Headquarters in Kampala on Friday that the change of weapons was part of a broader plan to transform the Police from a force into a service.
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