Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Kale Kayihura
Nationality
Uganda; Rwanda
DoB
1955-12-26
Address
Muyenga, Uganda
Reg. ID
DA024329
Official reason
Kale KAYIHURA was the Inspector General of the Ugandan Police Force between 2005 and 2018. KAYIHURA is an involved person under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 because he is or has been responsible for activity that violates the right to life and the right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2022-12-08
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
Regime
UK horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to deter, and provide accountability for, activities which, if carried out by or on behalf of a State within the territory of that State, would amount to a serious violation by that State of an individual’s: • right to life • right not to be subjected to torture or ...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.
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