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| Francis Rwego, Head of INTERPOL Regional Bureau in Nairobi |
Kampala, Uganda: Enhancing international police cooperation is the focus of
an INTERPOL training session on improving counter-terrorism capabilities across
the Horn of Africa which has opened in Uganda.
The two-week session organized by
INTERPOL’s Capacity Building and Training Directorate brings together 20 law
enforcement officials from counter-terrorism and immigration departments from
eight countries: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
and Uganda.
The training aims to equip the participants with the
knowledge and skills necessary to combat terrorism in the region, particularly
through instruction on INTERPOL’s tools and services available via the I-24/7
secure global communications network.
The course was opened by the Minister of State for Internal
Affairs in Uganda, Ambassador James Baba, who underlined the role of INTERPOL
in the fight against transnational crime.
“In this complex world where transnational crime networks
continue to reinvent and adapt themselves, the INTERPOL community – and that
includes all of us here today – must be always a step ahead and ready to face
head-on any emerging security threats,” said Minister Baba.
The opening ceremony was also attended by a representative
of the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi, the Head of the Ugandan Police
Criminal Investigations Directorate, the Head of the INTERPOL National Central
Bureau in Kampala and the Head of the INTERPOL Regional Bureau in Nairobi.