Uganda, May 21 -- Police top officials were on Monday asked by legislators on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to apologize for irregularities highlighted in the last financial year's auditor general's report.

These irregularities included detaining suspects past the stipulated 48-hour rule and the continued use of a shared bucket as a 'toilet' by detainees at several police stations.

However, SCP Felix Baryamwisaki, Director of ICT in the police, declined the legislators' request for an apology, citing budget shortfalls and delays in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as the major reasons for the continued use of bucket-toilets in cells and the over-detention of suspects, respectively.

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