Gen Katumba Warns Against Laxity In Somalia
09 November - Source: Daily Monitor - 230 Words
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, has warned against laxity and corruption by UPDF soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Gen Katumba, who was on Friday flagging off Uganda Battle Group
17 to Somalia said soldiers involved in corruption, especially selling
of fuel and food meant for military operations, would face "tough
consequences.”A number of UPDF soldiers, including senior officers, have
been on trial before the UPDF court martial for selling soldiers’ food
and fuel. " All the supplies, including the food rations, fuel and
ammunition, cannot be exchanged for anything. The response will be tough
once you are implicated. This will be the same case with indiscipline,”
Katumba said at Peace Support Training Centre in Singo Nakaseke
District.
The army boss also warned against laxity within the force which he said
exposes troops to enemy attacks. Last month, al Shabaab attacked a UPDF
base in Janele, Southern Mogadishu, and killed 19 soldiers. President
Museveni blamed the attack on laxity of UPDF soldiers. "We are telling
our soldiers to be on maximum alert. The al Shabaab are terrorists who
do not mind about life and strike at a time you least expect,” he said.
Ugabag 17, which is the biggest battle group ever to deploy in Somalia
with 2,777 soldiers, was in South Sudan until early this year. The
battle group is commanded by Col Bob Ogik.
Gen Katumba Warns Against Laxity In Somalia
09 November - Source: Daily Monitor - 230 Words The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, has warned against laxity and corruption by UPDF soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Somalia.