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Police in Uganda spent $126 million on CCTV from Huawei – Uganda

Although the police in Uganda is cash-trapped, it recently announced a new $126 million closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) system, supplied by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.

It announced that the system aims to slash spiralling violent crime.

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Opposition leaders say law enforcement agencies are too corrupt and overburdened to use the footage to identify criminals. They worry police may use the cameras, which have facial recognition technology, to target demonstrators in violent clampdowns as an election approaches in 2021.