Uganda Police are facing questions over Bebe Cool’s Land Cruiser after social media users pointed to the singer’s black SUV amid an ongoing traffic operation targeting vehicles without registration plates and those fitted with unauthorised sirens and flashing lights.
The questions intensified as police continued the Tekeleza Sheria operation, which has targeted motorists accused of concealing number plates, driving without plates and using unauthorised emergency-style equipment.
On September 23, Traffic Police spokesperson Michael Kananura said officers had arrested 18 additional drivers during an operation along the eastern route in Mukono. Police said the motorists were accused of using vehicles fitted with illegal sirens and swivelling lights.
The suspects were detained and expected to appear before the Mukono Chief Magistrate’s Court, while police warned that motorists using concealed or missing registration plates, illegal sirens or swivelling lights would face arrest and prosecution.
That warning quickly raised a separate question online: What about Bebe Cool?
The Gagamel Entertainment singer, whose real name is Moses Ssali, has repeatedly been seen travelling in a black Toyota Land Cruiser that social media users say does not display ordinary registration plates. The SUV is also reported to have blue and red hideaway strobe lights fitted into its grille.
Several X users publicly challenged police over what they described as possible selective enforcement.
One user wrote, “First arrest Bebe Cool who is meandering around everywhere with a numberless Land Cruiser.”
Another user, Phantom, questioned what they called “selective justice,” asking why police had not impounded the singer’s vehicle if it was being used without registration plates.
Bush Twinamatsiko Araali also challenged authorities to act, writing that Bebe Cool was travelling in a numberless Land Cruiser with an Army bodyguard.
Another commenter, Lawrence, alleged that he had seen Bebe Cool and fellow singer Eddy Kenzo travelling in vehicles without number plates and with sirens and swivelling lights. His comment questioned whether the enforcement campaign was being applied equally.
Bebe Cool is frequently seen travelling with security personnel, including a uniformed SFC soldier, according to the supplied material. However, the presence of security personnel does not by itself establish whether a particular vehicle is legally exempt from registration-plate requirements.
Uganda’s Traffic and Road Safety Act generally requires motor vehicles used on public roads to display registration plates in the prescribed manner. The law also provides for certain exemptions through statutory orders and contains provisions concerning authorised emergency and military vehicles.
Crucially, police had not publicly explained by Wednesday whether Bebe Cool’s Land Cruiser falls under any exemption, nor had they disclosed whether the vehicle had been investigated.
That leaves the central question unresolved: is the SUV operating under a lawful exemption, or has it simply not been subjected to the same enforcement scrutiny?
For now, the online criticism remains a series of public questions and allegations—not a finding that Bebe Cool has committed a traffic offence.