Dinah Kyasiimire is a Police Commissioner (CP) serving in the Uganda Police Force (UPF). She joined the Force in 2001 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and she has gone through ranks. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from Makerere University in Uganda, and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center-Uganda.
In her years of policing, she has served in different capacities at national and international level. At a national level she has worked as legal advisor to the Force and also headed different departments, i.e Department of Human Rights, responsible for receiving and investigating complaints from the public. Department of Legal Drafts and Amendments, responsible for Initiating, Police related legislation, and guiding the Police disciplinary process. She is also a trainer.
At international level she has served in different capacities. She served as the Head of Police Component at the Eastern Africa Standby Force, Nairobi- Kenya where she was responsible for training and preparing Police Pledged capabilities for deployment in Peace Support Operations, and Peacekeeping. She also served in two Peacekeeping missions UNMIS and UNAMID where she served as a trainer, Gender and Child protection officer as well as a Team site Commander.