Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 23 2020
A few days ago, President Museveni made a mini-reshuffle in the Uganda Police Force (UPF) leadership. This comes exactly a month after it is alleged the Force mismanaged protests in Kampala after security forces arrested presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine.
In the reshuffle, President Museveni replaced Maj Gen Muzeyi Sabiiti, who until his deployment as Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP) 33 months ago, deputised Lt Gen Muhoozi Kanierugaba, as commander of Special Forces Command with Maj Gen Lokech Paul,a battle hardened commander of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF).
Currently, four other senior UPDF officers are serving as directors in the Uganda Police Force, and this addition of Maj Gen Lokech shows that soldiers will continue to retain a dominant foothold in the civilian Force.