They are part of the 2,000 personnel to be recruited under the 4th Division Army barracks to form part of the 13,000 recruits expected from across the country, in the drive that will run to the end of the month.
The clarification follows a recent Presidential directive to the finance ministry to procure vehicles which will be used to guarantee the safety of legislators in the wake of insecurity in the country. The provision includes pickups protected against small arms bullets and sharpshooters of the Army.
Their reaction follows a presidential directive to the finance ministry to procure vehicles which will be used to guarantee the safety of legislators in the wake of wanton killings that have shaken the country over the last two years.
In an interview with URN, Obiga Kania said he does not know why Kayihura is in detention. Instead, he advised journalists to find out from the people who arrested him
A statement issued this evening by the UPDF Spokesperson Brig Richard Karemire confirms that Kayihura is now detained at Makindye Military Barracks and can be accessed by his immediate family as well as his lawyers.
The report by the Institute of Economic and Peace identifies Uganda as one of the countries with a weak state capacity, high level of social injustice, political instability, extra judicial killings and a heavily corrupt system likely to create an environment for terrorism to thrive. Uganda scored 52% on the terror threat scorecard, only beaten to the top by Angola which scored 95%.
Linos Ngompek, the Masaka Resident District Commissioner says preliminary investigations show that senior security officers in the region were involved in the raid.
On Saturday night, unknown assailants attacked the home of James Kwata a prominent businessman and a money lender, killed him, his wife Didas Namubiru and their five months -old baby.
