Uganda Police Force is battling fuel scarcity Police spokesperson, Andrew Felix Kaweesi has confirmed. “We do not have fuel right now but that is all I can say,” he told URN.
According to highly placed police sources, the fuel scarcity follows a decision by Total and Shell to halt fuel supply due to accumulated debts,
Police approximately uses 29.8million liters of Diesel and Petrol annually without considering fuel used for special operations. The fuel, which costs more than Shillings 100billion, is paid for in four installments.
Early this year, food suppliers to the Force froze their service over an unpaid debt of Shs28b for food items delivered to the cops.
More than 200 companies that supplied foodstuff to the police when its strength doubled during the 2011 election period and are still demanding more than Shs3 billion in arrears, rejected a new order for fresh supplies to feed officers ahead of the elections.
The Shs3b for the 2011 food supplies shoot up to Shs28b as the suppliers continued with deliveries of maize flour (posho), beans and rice up to January last year, when they ran out of stock under the weight of the debt.
