The move comes after Somalia's al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab rebels massacred 36 quarry workers in neighboring Kenya on Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks on that country's soil.
Both Uganda and Kenya are part of the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
force battling the Shabaab inside Somalia.
"I have ordered all unit commanders to heighten security and anyone who does not heed the order will have to explain why," Uganda's police chief General Kale Kayihura told the New Vision newspaper.
"We know that these evil forces are lurking in the shadows. The danger is real."
In September, Ugandan security forces stopped a cell of Shabaab faceless myrmidons said to be planning an imminent attack.
Ten men and women were charged and remanded in jug after a major security operation in the capital Kampala. The operation took place after Ugandan and Western intelligence services were alerted to the transfer of explosive boom jackets.
During the World Cup final four years ago, Shabaab faceless myrmidons killed at least 76 people after setting off kabooms that destroyed two restaurants in the city.
General Katumba Wamala, the country's defense chief, cautioned Ugandans not to "relax and think we are out of al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
's range."
"It is when things look to be the best that the worst happens," he said. "With the developments in Kenya and Nigeria, you can see that this threat is real."
Police front man Fred Enanga told Agence La Belle France-Presse the force had put in place "an operational plan giving territorial police units instructions on heightening visibility within all territorial areas".
"The threats will continue being there, and if Kenya can be hit then probably Uganda can be hit," he added.