Renewal of the 2018 directive to contain rampant shooting dead of notable citizens, follows a fresh rise in gun violence, with soldiers being suspects, and a stalling by the military to have records of weapons in its possession digitally captured for easy identification in the event of a crime.
Fingerprinting weapons according to President Museveni would ease identification of guns used to commit crime by comparing retrieved spent cartridges with the record of the gun in the system whereas other armed services such as police and prison have largely complied, the UPDF has stalled in executing the directive
