Polly Namaye
Commissioner of Police Polly Namaye Bangambaki | |
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Born | 1984 (age 39–40) Kabale,Uganda |
Nationality | Ugandan |
Citizenship | Ugandan |
Alma mater | Maryhill High School,Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School (High School Diploma) Makerere University (Bachelor of Arts in Education) (Master of Arts in Journalism and Communication) Uganda Management Institute (Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management) (Masters in Management Studies) |
Occupation | Police officer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Known for | Police work |
Title | Commissioner, Peace Support Operations at theUganda Police Force |
Spouse | Alfred Bangambaki |
Polly Namaye Bangambaki(néePolly Namaye) is a Ugandan communications professional, teacher and policewoman who serves as theCommissionerresponsible for Peace Support Operations at theUganda Police Force,effective August 2024.[1]BEfore that, from 2014 until August 2024, she was the Deputy Spokesperson for the Uganda Police Force.[2]
Background and education
[edit]Namaye was born inKabale District,in theWestern Regionof Uganda, to David Kabalega and Anne Kabalega.[2]
She attended Kabale Primary School before she transferred toMaryhill High School,an all-girls boarding secondary school in the city ofMbararafor O-level studies. She completed her A-Level education atBweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School,inBushenyi,graduating with ahigh school diploma.[2]
Her first degree, aBachelor of Arts in Education,was awarded byMakerere University,Uganda's oldest and largest public university. She went on to obtain aPostgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Managementfrom theUganda Management Institute.[2]Her second degree, aMaster of Arts in Journalism and Communication,was awarded by Makerere University in 2019.[3]
Career
[edit]Namaye worked as a school teacher inKyenjojo Districtfor a period of six months, until September 2007. She then switched careers and became a policewoman in 2007. Her basic police training, which involved academics, the law and internship, lasted until December 2008.[2]
From January 2009 until April 2014, at the rank ofSenior Superintendent of Police,she served as the regional police spokesperson forMbararaMunicipality.[2]In April 2014, she was transferred to police head office in the Office of the Commissioner of Police. There, at the rank ofActing Assistant Commissioner of Police,she was appointed the Deputy-in-Command for the Press and Public Relations Office.[2]
In 2016, Namaye was promoted to the rank ofAssistant Commissioner of Police.[4]As of 2023 she was a commissioner of police and a deputy spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force.[5]
Family
[edit]Polly Namaye Bangambaki is married to Alfred Bangambaki[6]and they are the parents of two children.[7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Kenneth Kazibwe (22 August 2024)."Polly Namaye eats big as IGP Byakagaba shakes up police again".Nile Post Uganda.Kampala, Uganda.Retrieved26 August2024.
- ^abcdefgLydia Promise (12 March 2015)."Who Is Polly Namaye".Lydiapromise.wordpress.com.Kampala.Retrieved21 June2019.
- ^"Kavuma, Namaye Awarded Masters Degrees at Makerere".The Edge.Kampala: The Edge Uganda. 19 January 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 22 June 2019.Retrieved21 June2019.
- ^Zurah Nakabugo, and Johnson Taremwa (5 February 2016)."Kayihura Promotes 496 Police Officers".The Observer.Kampala. Archived fromthe originalon 6 February 2016.Retrieved21 June2019.
- ^Simon Kabayo (3 April 2023)."Polly Namaye returns as deputy police spokesperson".Eagle Online.Kampala, Uganda.Retrieved17 May2024.
- ^Diana Nabiruma (24 June 2014)."Quick talk: Namaye's voice gets men texting".The Observer.Kampala.Retrieved23 June2019– viaProquest.[permanent dead link]
- ^Glorias Musiime (14 October 2017)."I Found Honesty in My Husband".New Vision.Kampala.Retrieved23 June2019.
- ^Ainomugisha, Lydia (9 January 2021)."Soft spoken but tough officer".Monitor.Retrieved17 May2024.
External links
[edit]- "Museveni Finally Confirms 985 Police Cadets".20 June 2019.