Interpol says police certificates of good behavior will be provided in one day.
The Uganda Police Force's Interpol directorate has stated that the turnaround time for certificates of good conduct will soon be reduced to one day.
The Uganda Police Force’s Interpol directorate has stated that the turnaround time for certificates of good conduct will soon be reduced to one day.
Interpol head, Senior Commissioner of Police Charles Birungi, told journalists on Friday that since the application for certificates of good conduct was only opened in July, they have received an overwhelming number of applications.
He noted that, while it currently takes four to five days to apply for and receive a certificate of good conduct, they hope to reduce the time to one day once the procedure is fully automated.
“With the online application, we were able to decrease the turnaround time from 14 to 20 days to only five working days.” “However, we are aiming for full automation of the system, with a turnaround time of one to two days,” Birungi stated.
“Because of the ever-increasing numbers, we’re working with our peers from the forensics and ICT directorates to improve the system.”
He stated that while the procedure is swift at all levels, there are delays in forensics, where fingerprint capture, processing, and clearance takes nearly four days, but that they are attempting to reduce this time.
“Right now, if someone has an urgent or emergency issue, such as their ticket and visa, and they need to fly out of the country as soon as possible, they can tell us, and we’ll refer them to the Forensics directorate, and the process of taking their fingerprints and releasing the results will be expedited.”
Interpol has data on all wanted persons and criminals from all 194 nations that subscribe to it, but Forensics checks its data base for criminal histories of all Ugandans, according to Birungi.
He explained that receiving a certificate of good conduct signifies one has been vetted by both systems, which is another reason for the dely.
The Interpol director stated that in order to deal with the massive crowds that have descended on their offices in Kololo in search of certificates of good conduct, the service would be relocated to Naguru, where there is more space.
He stated that the new center for issuing certificates of good conduct will be operational by November of this year.
To obtain the application forms, applicants should go to the Uganda Police Force’s website, www.upf.go.ug, and click on the service log.
