CDF GEN. MUHOOZI WARNS ON WESTERN UGANDA INSECURE BOARDERS

BY OKOODI DEO

IN MBARARA—-

The newly appointed Chief of Defense Forces (CDF)  General David Muhoozi has said that UPDF will not allow any negative force to use part of Ugandan soil to destabilize the region.

Presiding the hand over exercise of Major General Peter Elwelu at the army 2^nd Division headquarters in Mbarara Muhoozi noted that although Uganda cannot tolerate such schemes its very fortunate that it has become a custodian of people who are neither refugees or prisoners of war.

He said this alone is costing the country a lot of resources in terms of feeding such people whose  plight cannot be determined locally (Byte….

He also raised concern of ensuring stability along the Uganda DRC borderline in Rwenzori region since ADF and other negative forces still exist in the area and are potentially dangerous to the security of the country.

Peter Elwelu who was recently promoted to a major general and appointed commander of land forces was handing over to the new 2^ndDivision commander Brigadier Paul Lokech.