{"id":16194,"date":"2021-08-21T15:05:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T15:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=16194"},"modified":"2021-08-21T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T14:18:33","slug":"deputy-igp-maj-gen-paul-lokech-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/deputy-igp-maj-gen-paul-lokech-dead","title":{"rendered":"Deputy IGP Maj Gen Paul Lokech dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech has died, the Uganda People&#8217;s Defence Force (UPDF) said in a statement, Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UPDF fraternity regrets to announce the passing on of the Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj Gen Paul Lokech. May His Soul Rest In Eternal Peace,&#8221; the Forces wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>According to Police, the man whose name is almost inseparable from military battles aimed at quelling unrest in Somalia- suddenly passed on from his home this morning.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Martin Okoth Ochola said: &#8220;I have tasked the Director of Medical Services, Dr Moses Byaruhanga to carry out postmortem to establish the cause of death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former Commandant of the Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability Centre in Jinja- ascended to the deputy IGP role on December 15, 2020 after he was appointed by President Museveni during a tense electoral season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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