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Uganda's Hoteliers are ready to comply with police's requirement to pass on detailed particulars of guests who book into their facilities daily

24 January, 2023
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Uganda's Hoteliers are ready to comply with police's requirement to pass on detailed particulars of guests who book into their facilities daily, but are concerned about any possible leakage of the information as this would be violation of privacy and also endanger their business.


Maj Gen Geoffrey Tumusiime, the deputy Inspector General of Police, has proposed that hotels, lodges and guest houses be compelled to regularly share their clients’ details with territorial police commanders.

Gen Tumusiime says it is not only accommodation venues to provide details of their clients’ every day, but local leaders too should also register every person (coming) in their area and give those details to the police of the area.

The second in command of Uganda police force says many criminals spend nights in hotels, lodges and guest houses; commit crimes and disappear. But when police is doing investigations, they realize that the criminals were accommodated in a given hotel or lodge yet their details were not captured.

Daniel Kungu, Serana Hotel Kampala's general manager, said he does not have any issue with Gen Tumusiime’s suggestion provided there is proof that their clients’ data will not be exposed to wrong people. 

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