President Yoweri Museveni has clarified to the public that the decision of government to purchase fighter planes was deliberately aimed at strengthening the Capacity of the army.

The president said made the clarification at a thanks giving ceremony of the deputy speaker of parliament of Uganda Jacob Olanya in Omiro sub county Gulu district.

Museveni said the fighter planes are aimed at ensuring that the peace currently prevailing in the country is not disrupted.
He said the army and the county suffered al lot while perusing negative forces in the country because of in adequacy in fighting equipments where the UPDF would walk long distances on foot while perusing the rebels.

The president said with fighter planes and ongoing efforts to professionalize the army, anybody who dares to destabilize the country will be dealt with.

The purchase of the 1.7 trillion worth jets without Parliament’s approval has generated a lot of criticism from different circles and underlined the government’s increasing administrative expenditure

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias