Senior Commissioner of Police, Fred Enanga, has been dropped from the office of Police Spokesperson in the latest changes confirmed on Sunday.
Enanga who was appointed to the office in 2018 has been replaced ACP Rusoke Kituuma in the first shuffle by the new Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abbas Byakagaba who took over the leadership of police in May 2024.
SCP Fred Enanga now goes to the Interpol Directorate where he has been assigned as Deputy Director. No formal statement has been issued by police over the new changes but Fred Enanga updated his status on Twitter indicating that he is now the Uganda Police Deputy Director of Interpol and International Relations.
Background of Enanga’s career and Experience:
Enanga joined the police in 2001 returning from training as a cadet superintendent of police. He then began working in Entebbe as an Operations officer.
After this role, he was promoted to OC CID, Nateete while still a cadet. He was among the 14 officers who were promoted at that time.
Enanga served for six months in that role and greatly contributed to the nation by reducing incidents of mob justice in the areas of Kitebi and towards Busega.
After six months, Enanga was transferred and given a district, Ssembabule district as the CID officer and he was also confirmed from there as a full assistant superintendent of police under DPC Madam Agaba Alison.
He worked for three years in that role handling very complicated cases of land, politics and gruesome murders.
From Ssembabule, Enanga was transferred to Lira municipality as a district CID Officer.
He was then transferred to CID headquarters as a staff officer. So, he got into management, in the CID administration department for almost two years.
In Lira Municipality, Enanga doubled as a Public Relations Officer for CID. He helped handle the Kato Kajubi, Minister Jim Muhwezi and Mike Mukula cases. Godi’s case also came in around that time, after that, he went to Darfur for 20 months.
When Enanga returned, he was redeployed to CID to head the economics crime department which he also did for about six to seven months. He was then transferred to Kampala Metropolitan as CID commander.
Enanga served CID for six weeks. Then he enrolled on a course, however, He encountered some challenges in that course and he stayed home for another six months. He was then deployed to land protection.
Barely two weeks into the land protection, there was the crisis in Kayunga District: Hon Nantaba and related incidents of land grabbing making Enanga take another four months in Kayunga.
Following his designation as Commissioner in 2018, Fred Enaga was made the Ugandan police’s spokesperson. He has served in the position twice.
In 2022, he was promoted to the senior commissioner of police, a rank that is the fourth highest in the police force.
Summary of Enanga’s work experience
Years Institution Position
Union College Economics teacher
2001 Uganda Police Force Cadet Superintendent of Police
2002 Entebbe Operations officer
Ssembabule district CID officer(assistant superintendent of police)
Lira municipality CID Officer, staff officer, Public Relations Officer for CID
2018 – Present Uganda Police Force Police Spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP)
2022 – Present Uganda Police Force Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP)
Achievements and Awards
Enanga was one of the 81 recipients of the Golden Jubilee Medal on Heroes Day, 2022.