Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 22 2020
Summary
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.
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Daily Monitor
Thursday December 17 2020
Summary
As the Commander-in-Chief, the President has the power, sometimes with the advice of the army leadership, to appoint or designate any military officer.
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President Museveni yesterday re-appointed his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a Lieutenant General, to command the Special Forces and tapped Maj Gen Paul Lokech as the new deputy Inspector General of Police.
Maj Gen Lokech, a battle-hardened Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) commander, replaces Maj Gen Muzeyi Sabiiti, who until his deployment as deputy IGP 33 months ago, deputised Lt Gen Muhoozi as the commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC).
Maj Gen Sabiiti was recalled to the army general headquarters, pending deployment, in the mini-reshuffle that the Defence and Military spokesperson, Brig Flavia Byekwaso, last evening referred to as “normal changes”.
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.