Ugandan President Gen. Museveni Kaguta in his capacity as the commander in chief of Uganda armed forces has today sent 2,831 troops to Somalia to fight the Al Shabaab militants.

The soldiers Museveni has sent to Somalia are to be deployed in battle group ten. Battle group 10 has replaced battle group eight.

The UPDF Amison leadership and members of the Pan Africa Parliament (PAP) have confirmed the new deployment by president Museveni.

Some of the soldiers sent to Somalia we talked to sounded happiness in serving and bringing peace in Somalia.  There is a ceiling of 6363 soldiers for Uganda and president Museveni’s deployment rotates within that number.

The soldiers the president has sent to Somalia spent the whole of last week in training in order to get acquainted with the welfare and operations of Ugandan soldiers working under the Amisom partnership.

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