President Museveni has in the past few years deployed the military (both in active service and retired) to key civil service jobs, as political appointees
Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 22 2020
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Maj Gen Sabiiti’s biggest achievement in the police is the installation of CCTV cameras in the country.
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The outgoing deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Muzeyi Sabiiti, yesterday said he had improved police in fighting crime, but decried shortage of accommodation and under funding of the Force.
“Some challenges that affect our work still exist, but they are surmountable. These include, inadequate manpower and budgetary constraints. The latter affects welfare aspects such as accommodation and utilities (power and water for the officers and their families),” Maj Gen Muzeyi handover report reads in part.
What US sanctions can do to generals
December 16, 2020 Written by ROBERT SPIN MUKASA
US lawmakers have focused their recent anger against Uganda and the ruling NRM government’s use of force to slow the march of the coronavirus and in the process restrict freedom of association and expression during the electoral period.
They have written to US Secretary of State Mike R. Pompeo urging the US administration to conjure up a more muscular response to human rights abuses in Uganda and the country’s slide toward authoritarianism.
In an apparent response to that plea, Mike R. Pompeo in a recent tweet, said Uganda was a long-standing partner and Washington expected its partners to hold free and fair elections.