Museveni's military

Too many observers think of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) as an ill-disciplined bunch of ghost soldiers flying about in junk helicopters. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hopes that the reshuffle he announced on 24 October will change that image. The reorganisation of the senior command is, he says, part of the professionalisation promised in the UPDF Act that parliament passed this year.

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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Joseph Kony, Aronda Nyakairima, Kizza Besigye, Mugisha Muntu, Ivan Koreta, Leo Kyanda, Noble Mayombo, Kale Kayihura, Katumba Wamala, Elly Tumwine, Salim Saleh, David Tinyefuza

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