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Al shabaab plans to bomb east Africa

Gerald Businge — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:17:58 +0000

Intelligence briefings from Somalia indicate that Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab fighters are planning to bomb East African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Kenya.

Security sources in Uganda tell us that the Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab rebels plan to use East African countries through the links they have with East African rebel groups like interahamwe, LRA and ADF. Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab want to bomb all East African states for their refusal to urge Burundi and Uganda to pull out their troops from Somalia. Uganda and Burundi took the their troops to Somalia on a peace keeping mission.

Following this development the East African security chiefs met in Kampala yesterday to design measures of how they will tame the security threats from Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab.

They included the Chief of Defence Forces in Uganda, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, Uganda Army spokesman Col. Felix Kulayigye, Col. Cyrus Oguna (Kenya military intelligence), Col Martin Mwankanye (Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces), and Brig Gen. Ildephonse Habarurema (Burundi National Defence Force) among others.

The military chiefs agreed to constantly keep watch for any element that may want to destabilize the East African Community states.

At the meeting the east African security chiefs agreed to carry out joint operations in case there is threat or an attack on any member states.

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Ministry of Health to uplift health centres run by soldiers

Gerald Businge — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:52:38 +0000

There is a grand programme by the ministry of health to evaluate health centres and clinics run by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces across the country with the purpose of uplifting them to hospital status.

The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima has told journalists that health centres run by the army will be lifted to hospital status because they offer services to both civilians and soldiers.

He says that donors, development partners, Members of Parliament (MPs) and all stakeholders who have visited health centres run by the UPDF are ‘very pleased.’

Aronda says that UPDF health centres are public because civilians access health services from there. He says that health centres run by the UPDF have serviced millions of Ugandans, Rwandase, Congolese, Burundians, Tanzanians, Kenyans and Somalis among others.

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Army vows to arrest opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye

Gerald Businge — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:08:56 +0000

The UPDF have vowed to arrest Uganda ’s opposition strongman, Col. Kiiza Besigye if he dare declare a rebellion on the government of Uganda .

This follows intelligence reports that the FDC leader is plotting to declare an armed rebellion on the Kampala government.

Besigye who was the first runner up during the February presidential polls has however denied this intelligence information, saying that most of the informers no longer have things to report about.

A source sitting on the army council has told this reporter that UPDF treats all intelligence information in the same way and it can not just trash reports that the FDC leader is soon declaring a guerrilla war.

We take them seriously until proved otherwise. In a radio call message to all army detaches yesterday by Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, all commanding officers were told to be on alert anytime and get ready to quickly respond in case there is insecurity reported.

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