Police Chief Martin Okoth Ochola has revealed that Nalufenya, a detention centre in East Uganda will soon be closed very soon.
The dreaded facility over the past months became famous as a torture chamber prompting human rights activists to advocate for its closure.
It is located in Jinja District in Eastern Uganda.
Ochola while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs to defend the Shs 630Billion Police Force Budget for the Financial Year 2018/19, said that after several engagements within the force, it was agreed to have Nalufenya closed, which he said will happen soon.
“The Director Legal Services is drafting for me an order to close Nalufenya and any time from now I will be signing it,” Ochola told legislators.
