What you need to know:
- His directorate has been instrumental in dismantling ADF sleeper cells in the country working together with DIS, since the 2021 bomb attacks in the city.
President Museveni has promoted to Police’s Crime Intelligence Director, AIGP Christopher Ddamulira from the rank of Brigadier to Major General.
AIGP Ddamulira joined the police in 2019 when he was appointed by Mr Museveni to head the force’s Crime Intelligence directorate.
He was deputy director for counter terrorism in the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), currently Defence Intelligence and Security (DIS), the Ugandan army’s intelligence arm.
AIGP Ddamulira has vast knowledge and experience in intelligence gathering amassed over years of service, having previously served in the same position in Somalia under the AMISOM with UPDF when the late Lt Gen Paul Lokech was the commander of the Ugandan troops.
“I am deeply honored to express my heartfelt gratitude to His Excellency the President and Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, and the Chief of Defence Forces/SPA-SO, for elevating me to the rank of Major General. I pledge my unwavering commitment to protecting and defending Uganda, ensuring peace and security for generations to come. I extend my appreciation to the leadership of the Uganda Police Force, Uganda Prisons Service, and the Intelligence Services for their invaluable support and coordination. I salute all Ugandans, across public and private sectors, including the ghetto youth and security stakeholders, for their contributions to maintaining peace and security,” he said after getting the news about his new promotion.
His directorate has been instrumental in dismantling Ugandan Islamist rebel group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) sleeper cells in the country, working together with DIS, since the 2021 bomb attacks in the city.
Several suspects have either been put out of action or arrested during these operations that are still ongoing as Ugandan security seeks to wipe out all ADF cells in the country.
Crime Intelligence is also credited for helping dismantle several deadly armed gangs around the country, including those targeting mobile money dealers, boda boda riders and foreign nationals, among others.
Maj Gen Ddamulira is also credited for spearheading efforts to rehabilitate youths around the country’s ghettos by helping them create structures through which they get seed capital from the government to start income-generating activities.
He recently said such initiatives have helped youths shun criminal activities.
“Even if you look at the police report that we issue every year, the last report clearly indicated that the crime level has gone down but also in political violence, these are the people that the politicians have always used to cause confusion in Kampala because they felt they didn’t have a stake in what’s happening in the country. All those crimes have reduced. Even recently, during the planned march to Parliament, we didn’t register a single ghetto youth getting involved in those things,” AIGP Ddamulira said recently.
However, a section of opposition leaders, especially the National Unity Platform (NUP) have on several occasions accused him of being behind the abduction and enforced disappearances of their supporters and leaders ahead of the 2026 general election.
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