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This crime has long been protested both by public individuals and the Government because of how hard it is to prove and since no one is prosecuted or charged for that offence there are many claims that arresting officers usually use it as an excuse to ask for bribes in order not to arrest and detain ·suspects· (ahem I ).
In late 2015 the Inspector General of Uganda's Police announced to the public that the offence should no longer be enforced and as such if you are being arrested under the offence of being idle and disorderly please inform the arresting officer that he/she is not allowed to do this. In the words of the IGP "if a police officer arrests you for being idle and disorderly. refuse.