Ugandan MPs to get snipers and armoured cars for security

Ugandan lawmakers to get sharpshooters and armoured cars for security. [Courtesy]

President Yoweri Museveni has approved increased security spending for Uganda's 456 members of parliament - including sharpshooters and armoured escort vehicles - after a ruling party lawmaker was shot dead.

Critics said the spending was wasteful and failed to address the security concerns of normal citizens who feared rampant crime in a country marked by unsolved murders, kidnappings for ransom, burglaries and robberies.