The newly appointed Chief of Defence Forces within the UPDF, Gen Wilson Mbadi has rubbished claims of tribalism in the Ugandan military pronouncing they may be unfounded.
“I am a person from the mountains(Kasese), Ogik( Chief of personnel land forces) is from the land of eating odi(Kitgum district) , Okiding(deputy commander Land Forces) come from the alternative side of eating atapa(Teso subregion), the other one(Lt Gen Muhoozi) is from the land of milk. That is the country wide person we are searching,” Gen Mbadi stated on Thursday.
He became presiding over the feature to hand over the office of the commander of the Land Forces inside the UPDF by Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda to Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba at Bombo.
Gen Mbadi said all of the commanders inside the Ugandan military are inside the respective positions now not because they're favoured but because of benefit.
No one is right here due to the fact they lobbied. May be a few humans lobbied for us however we are here due to benefit. This is the fundamental trade we fought for unlike in other armies in which soldiers had been killing each other due to positions,” he stated.
The newly appointed Chief of Defence Forces also blamed the media for “exaggerating” whilst reporting troubles about UPDF.
UPDF is a based pressure whose first price is subject. We have measures in vicinity to deal with people who deviate. If an officer makes a mistake, this is him and not the complete UPDF,”Mbadi stated.
He insisted that any officer accused of indiscipline will usually be labored upon in accordance with their UPDF code but noted man or woman movements ought to never be blamed at the army.
The Chief of Defence Forces within the UPDF but advised the newly appointed commanders to ensure they leave in the back of a mark in their service implementation.
Your excellent works will usually be rewarded with the aid of appointments like these,” he stated.
President Museveni has in the beyond warned in opposition to concerning the UPDF within the tribalism talk.
The NRA, the UPDF are armies of sacrifice, all of the time for no pay or low pay. They (we) placed their lives on the road,” Museveni stated last 12 months.
Leaving the army as Fighters, real combatants, never have interests in tribes or religious sectarianism; but in comrade-in-arms.”
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