UGANDA- Information of attack by terrorist in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, has been received by the Police, who also warned citizens about the incident.

According to the Ugandan Police Spokesperson, Judith Nabakoba, the information was received from “a reliable source”.

"Police last Sunday received information from credible sources of a plan by a group of people to unleash terror attacks in the city [on] Monday, 9 December.

"The plan involves a group of thugs either on foot or boda-boda riders attacking and burning petrol stations and buildings in the city, especially business premises", the statement adds.

The police said it was hunting the unnamed suspected terrorists and that it had put in place measures to stop possible attacks on petrol stations across the city.

"As police hunt down the thugs, and takes precautionary deployment in all petrol stations and in the city, especially in the central business districts, we appeal strongly to proprietors of public places, especially petrol stations and business premises, to be extra vigilant, particularly do not allow strangers near your premises", the statement said.

Security has also been stepped up at public institutions, including Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university, where security personnel were checking the cars and the bags of everyone entering the grounds.

Uganda has long said it is a target for terror attacks by the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab because of the country's involvement in the fight against the militant group in Somalia.

Uganda was the first country to send troops to Somalia under the banner of the African Union (AU) in the fight against the Al-Shabaab.