President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni presided over the pass-out ceremony of 2018 recruit warders and wardresses of Uganda Prison Services at Kololo airstrip on Friday 4th March 2022.

The largest intake in the history of the Uganda Prisons Services, these included 1,464 warders and 554 wardresses who had been undergoing a 9-month training course at Kitalya Prisons Training camp commencing on 5th April 2021.

The Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr.Johnson Byabashaija informed the President that all prisons staff are ideologically clear to ensure they contribute to the development of the country.

"Members of prison service are very loyal to government, and commander in chief. They have demonstrated this with ideological clarity in the recent past. They will continue supporting you as you endeavor to steer the country to the middle-income status. We are ideologically very clear and the sky is the limit," Dr. Byabashaija noted.

He however urged the new prison warders and wardresses to serve according to the values of the institution.

"Strictly serve according to core values of discipline, professionalism, integrity, oneness and you will succeed in your career. You will grow to reach these ranks Divert from it, the prisons discipline will catch up with you. "

President Yoweri Museveni congratulated the Ministry of Internal and the Commissioner General on re-enforcing the prison Services with more manpower.

” Uganda Prisons Service and Police Force should begin-up construction of their own prisons facilities to reduce exploitation tendencies by foreign construction companies to increase on required facilities at low cost ” President Museveni said.

The President added that,” The qualified staff in the forces should be given priority to exhibit their skills like engineers instead of trusting projects with foreign companies”.

In attendance were the Chief Justice Owiny Dollo, Director General Internal Security Organization Col Charles Oluka, Members of Parliament, Members of the Prisons Authority, senior officers from the UPDF, UPF and Prisons Service.