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By Dennis Katungi
The News that the President and Commander In Chief Gen Yoweri Museveni had done a mini reshuffle in the Security forces dropped on to our hot wires around 10.00 am on 16
th December. It was music to my ears. Maj Gen Kahinda Otafire once coined a phrase: ‘Leave the matters of Generals to Generals’. Since he postulated as such, the concept has been misused in debate as there is a standard and quality of discussion that is appropriate.
In the first instance Uganda’s constitution in Article 208 subjects armed forces to civilian authority. This means that politicians, whether they are in the army or not would oversee and direct the armed forces. Although we have not tested this in Uganda post 1986, a civilian head of state should and can be Commander In Chief of the armed forces; just like President Milton Obote was. On the basis of this tenet, I beg to discuss the ‘matters of generals’ in this article.