By Frank Kamuntu
Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, has handed over office to his deputy, Major General Geoffrey Katsigazi Tumusiime, following the end of his six-year term.
IGP Ochola assumed office in 2018 after General Kale Kaihura. According to Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, Deputy IGP Katsigazi will act in the role until the new IGP is appointed.
A career police officer with 36 years’ experience, Ochola has risen through the police ranks to the highest office in the force.
Born 1958, in Agumiti village, Mulanda sub-county, West Budama County, in Tororo District, Ochola attended Abweli Primary School, then Rock View Primary School and Kisoko Boys Primary School, where he sat his primary leaving examinations. He attended Namilyango College, where he obtained his high school diploma.
He studied at Makerere University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1983.
The following year, he obtained a postgraduate diploma in legal practice, from the Law Development Centre.
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