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Elizabeth Muwanga

Ugandan civil servant and Police officer

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About Elizabeth Muwanga

Elizabeth Muwanga was an Ugandan police officer.

Elizabeth Muwanga Alalo is a Ugandan former Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) and head of Directorate of Welfare who served in the Uganda Police Force for over 37 years. She was Uganda's first graduate police woman. She joined the police force in 1980 where only 26 people were admitted with her being the only woman admitted. She was recognised as one of the highest-ranking officers in police force in Uganda and Uganda's top fifty women movers in 2011.

Education Elizabeth Muwanga attended her primary school at Rubaga Primary School and later joined Trinity College Nabbingo for her secondary education (Uganda Certificate of Education and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education). She and fellow trainees were at Tanzania Police Staff College called Chuo Kuu Chaa Poliis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for nine months and later returned to Uganda a few months to the general elections where Milton Obote won as president of Uganda in 1980. and also heads the welfare section where she ensured the welfare of Uganda Police officers and their families. On the same day while at the workshop held on the occasion of the International Day of Justice, she was the Commissioner of Police in-Charge Non-Human Resource and she gave a closing remarks on behalf of Inspector General of Police encouraging the ICC to organise a similar workshop for their colleagues working in Northern Uganda.

During her time of service she advocated for justice of female cops affected with sexual harassment and also encouraged ladies to join the police force. She made sure that the welfare of children and wives of police officers is elevated during her leadership as head of Directorate of Welfare through IGP Kale Kayihura by providing housing facilities, family income and duty-free shops within barracks.

Personal life She is a grand mother to twins.

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Inspector general of Police
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Elizabeth Muwanga Alalo

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Ugandan civil servant and Police officer

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Elizabeth Muwanga was a police officer.

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Elizabeth Muwanga was Ugandan.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Elizabeth Muwanga

· Wikidata: Q133830126

· DBpedia: Elizabeth Muwanga

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