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SAMSON KOOZI: We have peace because the army is always on our side

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SAMSON KOOZI: We have peace because the army is always on our side

SAMSON KOOZI: We have peace because the army is always on our side

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Of all the many policies and services that our citizens deserve in Uganda and need to understand, none is so important as peace and security. So, as we get close to the swearing in of the president in May, I would like to highlight the most important question concerning keeping peace in our country Uganda.

Having a democratic and peaceful country like Uganda requires a number of components, some tangible, like economic wealth, technical preminence and other components are intangible such as a moral force. An army that is strong, ready and modern is all that peaceful countries want to have.

When both the intangible national will and those forces are forged into one instrument, national power becomes effective and that is exactly what President Museveni has done for all the time he has been in power.

On 6th February always marks the day of the first attack on kabamba barracks by the National Resistance Army that started the liberation war in 1981 to 26thJanuary 1986 when it finally liberated Uganda after taking over Kampala and that’s how significant our army is.

Unlike the post-independence armed forces which were characterized with extra-judicial killings, impunity, indiscipline, torture of the wanainchi, incarcerations, and outright disappearances of citizens simply suspected of being opposed to those in power at the time. For instance early in September 1972, Chief Justice Benedicto Kagimu Kiwanuka disappeared without a trace. He was one of Amin’s earliest and most prominent victims.

After the final overthrow of Idi Amin in April 1979 by a combined force of the Tanzanian army and Ugandan dissidents, the killings and state persecution of citizens did not end instead they continued to spiral out of control. The Obote army too failed to win the hearts of Ugandans because they were not any different from the Amin army and did not know how to relate with the wanainchi who only prayed hard that the country gets peaceful.

After the National Resistance Army led by Gen. Yoweri Museveni seized power after a prolonged five-year resistance war against the ingrained dictatorships. They came with a new daybreak that had never been seen in any armed force before. The Uganda People’s Defense Forces has been at the helm of Uganda because of the discipline that was instilled in them right from the onset of the liberation war.

The ideological and political grounding is another aspect of training in the UPDF which has set it apart from previous armies which never worked to make sure citizens were in peace and harmony.
Over the years the UPDF has continued to be given responsibilities even in mainstream government due to their discipline case in point is the Operation wealth creation, a number of soldiers are heading ministries, the construction brigade has continued to assist government on various projects like constructing houses at the Bulambuli settlement area for the Bududa affected persons.

Through the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) the UPDF business wing, many projects have been accomplished and some are ongoing like the construction of the Kiira Vehicle plant in Jinja, the army now also produces its own water under the brand of Uzima mineral water, Ulinzi condoms and Armored Mamba vehicles. All this has been done by the UPDF to show the world that the army can not only secure us as the people living in the country but it can also involve itself in producing products and doing other things that serve great purpose in the country.

During the previous elections, the UPDF has been so instrumental in making sure that the country was peaceful working together with Uganda Police. The two security organs have scored highly during the most difficult times of Covid and election campaigns because there was a lot of work but they managed to maintain our peace in the country and protected our borders.

Therefore, for those that are still youthful like me, let’s not be duped into forgetting our own history. We should remind ourselves of what happened in the past before the NRM army came in to restore peace in our country. There are so many lessons which the present and future generations must take seriously if we are to avoid getting back to the chaos that was here many years ago. The peace and stability we enjoy today was born through sacrifice, and must be guarded jealously at all times because many people lost their lives just because they wanted a peaceful Uganda.

Samson Koozi is the Head Communication-GCIC-State House


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