The Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs has commended the Crime Investigations Directorate (CID) for proper accountability, creativity, and fostering innovations in its service delivery.
According to Shamim Malende, the Woman Member of Parliament for Kampala and a member of the committee, CID has done a commendable job in improving infrastructure and technology innovations to ensure a swift response to its mandate of promoting security through crime investigations.
While addressing the media on Wednesday, August 26th, 2026, after inspecting the new construction site of the CID headquarters, Malende pledged that the committee will push the government to allocate the remaining money to complete the new CID offices by 2027.
“We have noticed that the money that was given to them has been put to use, but there is an outstanding balance that is supposed to be disbursed, which we, as the members of the committee we shall push to see that it’s given in time,” Malende said.
Gilbert Olanya, the Member of Parliament (MP)of Kilak South County and also a committee member, proposed that most of the contracts be given to the UPDF Engineering Brigade, stating that security personnel have been proven to achieve big at a low cost compared to the private contractors who inflate building budgets.
“If possible, let most of the construction activities in this country be taken over by the security personnel simply because they work under orders, and we have seen that the level of corruption is still minimal within the security, and I am mostly happy for the land that the Director of CID brought back from the hands of land grabbers,” Olanya said.
Engineer John Bosco Koy Kariisa, the MP for Buhweju West, revealed that the UGX 7.4 billion that the CID received in the last financial year has done a commendable job, pledging support to the CID to complete the construction work and improve its crime analysis online systems.
“We have visited the CID to see how much money has been put to proper use by the leadership, and without doubt we are convinced by the way they have accounted for the taxpayers’ money, and the committee will stand with the CID to make sure that service is delivered to build a Uganda that Ugandans want,” Kariisa said.
The Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs is conducting its oversight work on different security agencies, including the Uganda Police, UPDF, and Uganda Prisons Service, among others, in the move to crack down on corruption following President Museveni’s war against corruption in Uganda.
The Committee was established in Uganda to provide legislative oversight, clear security-related budgets, and scrutinize government policy concerning national security, defense, and law enforcement.
