GULU, UGANDA: Uganda Police has launched a motor vehicle maintenance workshop in the Acholi sub-region.
Construction of the multi-million workshop by the police department of Logistics and Engineering lasted eight months. It becomes the third facility in the country after the one in Soroti and Mbarara cities.
Sitting on a 1,724 square meters at the police barracks in Gulu City, the Aswa Regional Motor Vehicle Maintenance Workshop has mechanical assembling and repair points, administration units, waiting shades, service bays, offices, and parking slots.
Officiating over the launch on Friday, Acting Director of Logistic and Engineering of Police Richard Edyegu says that the workshop will serve Aswa River Region Policing areas and the neighboring policing regions.
He says that the lack of enough mechanical workshops in the police force has left several vehicles unserviceable, and affected quick responses to crime due to breakdowns and failures to repair auto motives which are burdening the government.
Adieu noted that the force was relying on one motor vehicle workshop in Kampala which was costly and time-consuming.
The Acting Director of Research, Planning, and Development, Senior Commissioner of Police James Ocaya, says that the initiative seeks to address cost, and time wastage and to ensure immediate responses by police unit commanders to the need of their mandates.
The police authorities say that the vehicle maintenance workshop will be equipped with mechanics and specialists and high-quality equipment.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Damalie Nachuha, the Aswa River Region Police Commander says that the intervention from the police headquarters by establishing the maintenance workshop is a great relief noting that they were battling problems of vehicle breakdowns and incapacities to transport them to Kampala for timely repairs.
However, Christine Olok, the Gulu City Deputy Mayor tasked the police to ensure proper maintenance of the workshop to serve its intended purpose.
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