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Stop saying, “I saw him with my two eyes.†Seeing is an action done by eyes. Simply say, “I saw him.â€
Avoid using redundant words in grammar (pleonasms) that add nothing to the word. They repeat the meaning of the word/phrase and make you wordy. What if your word count is limited? Save the space and airtime!
Why? Word staff includes drivers, guards, secretaries etc.
Why? Beating yourself means each beats himself, that can’t be a fight.
Why? What is asked is always a question.
Why? the word back in the sentence is a redundant.
Why? ATM means Automated Teller Machine. Another mention of word machine is redundant.
Why? If something is circulating, it is moving around freely.
Why? If one shouts, then one is loud.
Why? To collaborate is to work together.
Why? Midnight is 12:00 before AM (night time) and noon is 12:00 before PM (day time).
Why? ‘Each and every’ is a repetition, a redundant in sentence.
Why? The word ‘out’ doesn’t add anything on verb ‘cancel’.
Why? ‘Pretense’ by definition has ‘falsehood’
Why? May/probable/might/likely/possibly are the same.
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]]> Customer tried to blackmail us to pay her certain amount of money! Cafe Javas speaks out on ‘rat in milkshake’ saga https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210827/120172/customer-tried-to-blackmail-us-to-pay-her-certain-amount-of-money-cafe-javas-speaks-out-on-rat-in-milkshake-saga.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:16:36 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120172 Cafe Javas has said that claims by one of their customers that they served her milkshake with a rat in it are in bad faith, untrue, malicious, and intended to bring their business into disrepute.Cafe Javas, is a full-service, quick-casual restaurant which us currently situated in 12 locations; 8 in Kampala, 1 in Entebbe and 3 in Nairobi.
On Thursday, a video of a woman complaining after finding a rat in her Cafe Javas milkshake went viral on social media.
According to the woman, she found the rat after almost finishing the expensive milkshake.
“This a rat I found in my milkshake from Cafe Javas, yeah the people we feel so proud of…and they tell me to have this worked upon, I need to get a lawyer,†the customer revealed.
However, according to Cafe Javas, the allegations are untrue and they are meant to soil their reputation.
†On Tuesday 24th August 2021 at approximately 2:46pm, two customers ordered for oreo and caramel milkshakes to take away. The two orders were prepared following our usual high standard protocols of food safety and hygiene duly overseen by our supervisors before delivery to the customers all in view of our closely monitored CCTV cameras,†Cafe Javas management said in a statement.
†A day later, we were surprised to learn from the customers that, one of the milkshakes contained vermin. Whereas our managers conveyed the impossibility of adulteration since the process of milkshake preparation involves blending, such that no vermin or other solid object could remain in the cup unblended, they nonetheless informed the customers that their allegations had to be verified. A quick investigation including a review of our CCTV footage of the preparation and service of the milkshake confirmed that there was no adulteration of the milkshake. The customer was duly informed of the findings to which she reacted by threatening to circulate a video of her version of events if she was not paid a certain sum of money.â€
The restaurant further says on viewing the video making rounds on sections of social media and in addition to their independent investigations, they realised that the claims are in bad faith, untrue, malicious, and intended to bring our business into disrepute.
“The circulation of the malicious video has further led to a distortion of our logo. CJ’s has painstakingly built goodwill and reputation over the years and where errors genuinely happen, we own up and take full responsibility. However, in this particular incident, there was no error on our part, either in preparation, presentation or serving of the milkshakes. It is therefore unacceptable for one to tarnish our otherwise good image and undermine the hard work and dedication of our staff,†Cafe Javas asserted.
“We take this opportunity to reassure our esteemed customers and the public that we observe the highest standards in food preparation and service, which has enabled us to be consistently recognized for excellence. CJ’s remains committed to providing you with great food, great coffee, great service, and an experience that will make your time with us fabulous and memorable.â€
]]> KEZIA KOBURUNGI: Why Prophet Elvis Mbonye Is Worthy Of Double Honor https://www.watchdoguganda.com/op-ed/20210827/120167/kezia-koburungi-why-prophet-elvis-mbonye-is-worthy-of-double-honor.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:32:03 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120167 Someone may ask themselves, why should I “Honor†Prophet Elvis Mbonye; apart from his followers who are well known as the “Remnants of Godâ€. Now, it’s really up to you to honor or recognize them that the Lord has sent before for you; and most especially His “Prophetsâ€.The scripture says: “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ- Ephesians 4:11-12.†This important verse mentions some of the Spiritual leaders Christ gives as “gifts†to the church, though in this dispensation; the call of a “Prophet†is the most vital gift. “I dare you: Can you really live without the Prophetic in this day and age!â€
Whilst anyone can prophesy, not everyone does. There is always the potential though God speaks to all his children. When someone prophesies consistently, we could say that they have a “Prophetic Giftâ€. If someone has a gift that seems to be expressed more frequently, with greater accuracy and authority, and people are blessed by it, we could say that they have a “Prophetic Ministryâ€. These would be the people that have respect and listening ears primed when they come to share. Comparison isn’t the point here- it isn’t about levels or placings on some kind of prophetic league table. I merely wanted to highlight growth, and how we can identify different levels of gifting.
Otherwise, these unparalleled feats are God’s avenue for men to awaken and believe what he is doing in their generation through that particular man- “And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper- 2 Chronicles 20:20â€: And in this era, Prophet Elvis Mbonye is the man that carries the dispensation of God’s Grace for the last move of the church. Note, God has given this Prophet the Grace/ Anointing to Preserve, Prosper and Enlarge and he has a thousands of eye-witnesses.
This means that anyone from any field of life that wants to manifest the designated Grace of God for this very last age must Honor and submit themselves to Prophet Elvis, and this bold assertion is provable by any genuine seeker and if any man be otherwise minded: Even God will tell them the same thing.
Why the fuss about honoring Prophet Elvis: Controversial or otherwise, it is four years and counting since his followers, started a tradition of celebrating him every beginning of September.
Prophet Elvis Mbonye has not only precisely revealed the events of the future with these many National and International prophetic fulfillments: But these are also undeniable proof that God’s hand truly sets the course of everything that pertains to life from individuals to the most powerful Nations. As his followers are privileged by the enlarging, prosperous and preserving Grace upon him, where even some have quoted him as, “a Prophet approved of God through various signs, miracles and wondersâ€; though his stance to be excellent in all that he does has led his critics to call him excessive and proud and yet he is very humble to those that have come to know him.
The bible says “Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine- 1 Timothy 5:17.†That is why every 1st September, remnants around the world have chosen to honor the man of God “Prophet Elvis Mbonyeâ€.
Follow the link below to watch, listen and experience the “Power of Prophecy†with Prophet Elvis: Then you will know why he is indeed worthy a double Honor, here is one of his prophecies; https://youtu.be/v9D-f7Sfjdc
]]> MEDARD NGABIRANO: 10 reasons why worse humiliation awaits Hon Odonga Otto in Aruu by-Election https://www.watchdoguganda.com/op-ed/20210827/120161/medard-ngabirano-10-reasons-why-worse-humiliation-awaits-hon-odonga-otto-in-aruu-by-election.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:55:21 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120161 The High Court in Gulu last Friday threw newly elected Aruu County Member of Parliament Dr Christopher Komakech out Parliament.After losing his Aruu County seat in the 2021 general elections, Odonga Otto in February, filed an election petition against Komakech saying that he did not officially resign from his civil service job before joining Parliament.
Komakech, a son to fallen Maj Gen Paul Lokech was kicked out of the August House on grounds that before joining elective politics, he addressed his resignation letter to the wrong person ( Executive Director Butabika Mental Hospital) instead of Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health or Ministry of Public Service as per the public service standing order.
Court has since ordered for fresh elections.
Following the development, Otto who couldn’t hide his excitement said he is ready to return to Parliament.
“After going through :Harassment during campaigns, detaining my car for 90 days, remand to gulu to prison,going to nairobi hospital after poison..Justice ASIMWE TADEO nullifies Aruu elections.I see Gods hands through him.I am all in tears,†Otto tweeted.
However, despite winning an election petition against Komakech, Odonga Otto still faces an up task hill in regaining the seat he held in the 10th Parliament. Here is why:
1. The Sympathy vote will be 10-fold for the late Paul Lokech’s son and incumbent, Christopher Komakech (28) for losing his well decorated and highly respected dad, Gen Paul Lokech. SYMPATHY VOTE! His short lived victory was nullified by Gulu High court following a successful petition by Otto on technical NOT electoral malpractice grounds, then his dad Lokech died the following day.
2. The state will rightnow be there for the ‘orphan’ more than ever. Police, Military, Statehouse, all of them. There is nothing President Museveni loves more than “taking care of his comrades children.†Akena, Taban Amin, Okello Oryem, Auma Oyite, Ayume. Trust him on Lokech’s children. He will pledge full support.
3. NRM will still be there to deploy all their dirty tricks like voter bribery, outright rigging, and violence
4. Acholi NRM bigwigs like Hon Todwong, Speaker Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah, Gen Otema Awany, Ministers Hilary Onek, Okello Oryem etc. will want to prove to the NRM once again, that Acholi is indeed for NRM in 2021. Pader is also the home of Justice Owiny Dollo, they are still indebted for appointment of their son Chief Justice. NRM astoundingly won 16 MP seats in Acholi sub region. Just 10 years ago, NRM had THREE MPs in Acholi. Northern Uganda was the Mecca of Opposition since 1986. A lot has happened since. The LRA war ended in 2004, the government has made many promises, poured resources and programs and penetrated the region like never before in its 35 years in power.
5. Oulanyah once disclosed to the media that there was an elaborate plot hatched by NRM’s CEC to rid Acholi Sub-region of MPs who had served longer in Parliament but with less impact. The plan was straightforward, all party structures got Shs300,000. Besides money, NRM provided each of these agents with bicycles and motorcycles, which greatly motivated them to work, and improved their mobilization capacity. Countless funds are dished out daily by the one and only Uncle Money. Since May 2020, Museveni’s brother Salim Saleh has pitched camp in the heart of Acholiland, Gulu. Not to enjoy Odii, but to reverse opposition fortunes in northern Uganda. Otto has no money
6. Salim Saleh is still based in Gulu.
7. Otto doesn’t have the FDC advantage anymore. The ONLY solution Hon Otto could have used to counter the Deep State machinery is â€" The FDC Structures, Big Wigs, and FDC Experience Defeating NRM! This was the case for him in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016. No more as Otto comically prophesied before the polls, to be called former MP, if FDC was the only Gate Way to Aruu County in 2021; FDC had its own candidate who poached his votes and denied him the party structures. Nadala Mafabi is not there to do his magic.
8. Voter Fatigue. Okumu Reagan, Otto, and Beatrice Anywar are among some of the longest-serving legislators in Acholi sub-region. All of them suffered heavy defeat in the hands of relatively unknown new opponents as they sought their 6th, 5th, and 4th terms, respectively. Otto has been in parliament 20 years, there’s a phenomenal in politics called “Anti-incumbent factor†typically characterized by wave elections. Otto benefitted from this twice first in 2001 with the Movement system fall, then with the Besigye wave of 2006, and is now a victim of an NRM wave in northern Uganda having stayed on for 2 decades in the same seat.
9. Numbers. In 2021, Lokechs son Komakech, an Independent NRM candidate scored 9,327 votes against Mr Odonga’s 5,953. NRM had another candidate Hellen Achieng who garnered 2,982 votes. NRM will ensure they have one candidate this time. Compare these results and 5 years ago in the 2016 General Election, Mr Otto scored 14,216 votes, beating his NRM rival, Mr Navinson Kidega, who garnered 12,653 votes. Talking of fatigue, in Aswa County, FDC’s Reagan Okumu, who has been in Parliament since 1996, polled less than 2,200 votes and emerge 4th in the contest that was won by NRM’s Simon Wokorach with more than 14,000 votes! Just 5 years ago in 2016, Reagan obtained 16,859 votes against Christopher Achire’s 5,316 votes! With this trend if Otto is in the race in Aruu, he will have not more than 3,000 votes.
10. Ottos Grave Problem. We will never know why Otto penned a missive against Lokech even before he was buried, but we know Otto is very erratic. He claims he wanted to reconcile and forgive Lokech for his misdeeds towards him; instead many see his article as beating the dead- night dancing even. Dead or alive, the honors of a hero live. The mere fact that a man’s works outlive him, makes his works even superior to the man himself in life. I was telling someone that Lokech was not a perfect man, he does have skeletons in his closest. But that doesn’t stop his people from honoring him. Once you die, your works remain a reference for the living, good or bad. The Yoruba even have a saying that: a person is not relevant or reckoned with when alive; “it is when he dies that he becomes an idol.†This is where Otto misfired his missive, the effect has been absolute condemnation by many prominent Acholi Opinion Leaders from respected church leader Baker Ochola, Paramount Chief Rwot Onen Achana, his Senior Parliament colleagues Prof Latigo, Hon Ojara Okin, even NRM’s basket mouth Bosmic Otim.
Otto can reconcile at the burial on Friday if he attends, that’s if he’s not booed or even given the mic. Looks like a simple article, BUT the ramfications will be felt more heavily on the campaign trails; his opponents will use this no doubt given that it touches on tradition and faith. Acholi aphorism, Christianity and life’s reality all teach us reconciliation contrary to Otto’s mimicry.
]]> Prime Minister Nabbanja commends police for rescuing girls who were allegedly forced to sleep with dogs in Muyenga guest house https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210827/120158/prime-minister-nabbanja-commends-police-for-rescuing-girls-who-were-allegedly-forced-to-sleep-with-dogs-in-muyenga-guest-house.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:04:43 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120158 The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has praised the Police for rescuing 14 girls who were held by a local non-governmental organization.Workers MP, Hon Margaret Rwabushaija in July informed the House that she had got reports that young girls were being held and allegedly forced to to sleep with dogs in a home in Muyenga, a job they were to take on after being trafficked to European countries.
Nabbanja told Parliament that the Police rescued the 14 girls from Papaya guest holiday home in Muyenga.
“The Police handed them over to Uganda Network on Laws and Ethics and HIV/AIDS (UGANET), a gazetted facility, for safe custody and later handed over to their parents,†Nabbanja said.
Aged between 17 to 19 years, the girls were to be trafficked by a one Dorothy Ndagire using her local NGO called Moyo Project Uganda Chapter in collaboration with a UK based NGO.
Nabbanja made this revelation as she responded to MPs’ questions during the Prime Minister’s Time on Thursday, 26 August 2021. The House was chaired by Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.
The Premier said that although girls were illegally detained, police confirmed that none of them slept with the dogs as earlier alleged and that only one was confirmed to have been sexually abused.
Parliament learnt that the suspect Dorothy Ndagire was arrested and a case of aggravated trafficking in children was opened against her.
The Chief Opposition Whip, Hon John Baptist Nambeshe said government must be alive to the mass unemployment and poverty which he said, creates an opportunity for traffickers.
“The trafficking in persons is because of the mass unemployment and because of Covid-19, most people lost their jobs; traffickers are taking advantage of the situation,†said Nambeshe.
Nambeshe called on the premier to update the country on the state of the economy and popularize the stimulus package, recommending that it should be distributed evenly.
]]> High cost of Covid-19 tests at Entebbe Airport irks MP https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210827/120154/high-cost-of-covid-19-tests-at-entebbe-airport-irks-mp.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:55:09 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120154 Kween County MP, Abdi Fadhil Chemaswet has asked the Ministry of Health to review the high cost of mandatory Covid-19 PCR test conducted at Entebbe International Airport.The test costs US$65 which the MP said is a scheme that only benefits private laboratories stationed at the airport’s immediate outskirts to conduct the test.
“The private laboratories at Entebbe Airport are charging US$65 to conduct the test; they are taken to some beach not even at the airport,†he said.
He added: “When I inquired about what happened to the newly arrived Afghan refugees, I was told that all the refugees were tested at the expense of the government.â€
Chemaswet asked government to emulate neighbouring Tanzania, where the testing is at the expense of the government.
He also tasked government to elaborate how the US$65 was arrived at saying the private entities are profiteering at the expense of travellers and are troubling tourists with the procedure.
Health Minister, Hon Jane Ruth Aceng came to the defense of the arrangement, all countries are conducting the tests and that Uganda’s costs are relatively cheaper.
“Globally, all airports are screening and testing people to prevent the importation of new variants; the tests are a result of a collaboration between Ministry of Health, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority and the private sector,†she said.
On the high costs, she said, “the cost of US$65…it might be high but compared to other countries, it is cheap.â€
MP Chemaswet insisted on knowing the identity and ownership of the private laboratories conducting the test, but without success.
“We would like to interest ourselves in the laboratories, who are they?,†he said.
On saved business, supposed to be retrieved from the previous Parliament, Speaker Jacob Oulanyah said the House will consider business from the previous Parliament, but will be cautious and not go so far back as to consider business from, say, 2012.
This, Oulanyah said, would be absurd because Members in Committees today are not privy to the conduct of business in previous Parliament, and said the amendment of rules should be accelerated to ensure there is certainty in the conduct of business.
]]> MP asks UWA to give scholarships to children staying near game parks https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210827/120149/mp-asks-uwa-to-give-scholarships-to-children-staying-near-game-parks.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:29:02 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120149 Kinkizi West Member of Parliament James Ruggi Kaberuka has advised Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA to provide study scholarships to students who live near game parks.Kaberuka urged that scholarships would create a positive atmosphere between people near game parks and the way they treat tourism species.
The legislator made this call on Thursday while meeting with officials from UWA with an aim of finding a lasting solution to the challenges being faced by the people who live on the borders of national parks.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Warden of Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area Pontious Ezuma who was accompanied by Kato Iasiah and Kapere Richard.
He also called for affirmative action during the recruitment of UWA rangers and warders so that the local people can benefit directly from human resource development of National Parks.
Kaberuka further asked Uganda Wildlife Authority to help work on the road infrastructure on the periphery of the National parks as a corporate social responsibility by working on the roads since they also use them to connect to the conservation areas.
The MP said that whereas the government is working towards the operationalizing the issue of compansation to people whose lives and property are killed by wildlife, UWA should meanwhile always listen to the communities so as to work together to minimize such incidents.
Speaking at the same meeting, Mr Ezuma pledged that all the issues raised will be taken to the UWA Headquarters for further discussion.
]]> UPDF speaks out on suspected suicide bomber who allegedly wanted to kill Gen Lokech mourners https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210827/120143/updf-speaks-out-on-suspected-suicide-bomber-who-allegedly-wanted-to-kill-gen-lokech-mourners.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:12:52 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120143 The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have confirmed that they have in custody a suspected suicide bomber who wanted to disrupt the funeral proceedings of the late Maj Gen Paul Lokech.The suspect has been identified as Katumba Abdul alias Ben.
Following an intelligence led operation on the afternoon of Thursday 26 August 2021, a suspected suicide bomber identified as Katumba Abdul aka Ben was arrested by joint security forces at Mikicha Guest House aling Canigula Road in Pader Town Council,â€said Brig Flavia Byekwaso, the army Spokesperson in a statement dated 27 August, 2021.
Brig Byekwaso added that the suspect was found with an assortment of home bomb making materials which include assembled homemade bombs, bimb carrier bags, ball bearings, suicide vests, detonators, ammonium sulphate, wire cutters, switches and mobile phones used to detonate bombs.
“Investigations so far indicate that the suspect had intent of disrupting the funeral proceedings of the late Maj Gen Paul Lokech,†Brig Byelwaso said.
“Other accomplices in the heinous crimenare still at large but but have been positively identified and operations to apprehend them are underway. The joint security forces are in control of the situation and the public is therefore urged to remain calm.â€
Gen Lokech, a Deputy Inspector General of Police died last Saturday from his home in Buwaate, Kira.
According to Police, Gen Lokech died of a blood clot in his lungs and left leg after falling off a chair a few weeks ago. He is to be buried today Friday at his home district Pader.
]]> Excitement as UNRA moves to tarmac lake Bunyonyi road https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210827/120139/excitement-as-unra-moves-to-tarmac-lake-bunyonyi-road.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:51:09 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120139 There is excitement among leaders and tourism stakeholders in Kabale and Rubanda district after the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA, started display of evaluation report for the 15.1 kilometer Kabale-Bunyonyi-Kakooko road, ahead of the start of the compensation process, for the project affected people.The UNRA officials who held a meeting with the Kabale Resident District Commissioner, Darius Nandinda in his office on Tuesday a head of the start of the two weeks display exercise, are led by Allan Tonny Kimera,a land valuer attached to Kabale District and Repher Akamanya, a land surveyor.
Mr Kimera noted that the data, which they collected between March and May 2021 was approved by the government chief valuer on May 21,2021.
“The display of compensation report follows a data collection activity, which was collected between March and May 2021, and was approved by the government chief valuer on May 21, 2021. The display of the report which begins tomorrow (Wednesday), involves residents whose property will be affected by the road construction works, consenting to value attached to their property and signing a consent notes, before the ministry of finance starts to compensate,†Mr Kimera said
He added that compensation is expected to start with immediate effect and end in October 2021, after which the affected residents will be given six months to vacate and bidding for contractors will be closed on September 23, December.
In his remarks, the Kabale Resident District Commissioner, Mr Darius Nandinda called on the affected residents to work and cooperate with the UNRA officials so that the construction works are not delayed.
“This is our road and once it is completed, tourism will be boosted and the residents will get where to pass while carrying their crops. Therefore cooperate and work with UNRA officials so that the construction works are not delayed. We also want to commend the government for working hard to improve our roads because that is the only way to develop,†Mr Nandinda said.
The Kabale LCV Chairperson, Nelson Nshangabasheija commended the government for responding to the cries of the users since it has been in poor state yet it is a tourism road.
“Am optimistic that once it is complete, the tourism industry will be boosted, the community will also benefit since they will now get where to pass while carrying their goods and agricultural products to the market centres,†Mr Nshangabasheija said.
The Chairperson Uganda Community Tourism Association, who doubles as a community Liaison Officer in charge of the project, Patrick Tumwijukye said that they talked to the affected locals and are ready to comply with the outcomes of the surveyors report so as to allow the construction works to kick start.
“There is no way people can be against the project, because most of them have been stuck with their crops due to the appalling state of the road, they did not have where to transport their produce to the market. So we are happy and we hope the project will end without an obstacle†Mr Tumwijukye said.
]]> Mugish Muntu: Gen Lokech was a good soldier whose wonderful legacy was soiled by the regime https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20210827/120135/mugish-muntu-gen-lokech-was-a-good-soldier-whose-wonderful-legacy-was-soiled-by-the-regime.html Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:36:36 +0000 https://www.watchdoguganda.com/?p=120135 Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) leader Maj Gen (rtd) Gregory Mugisha Muntu has said fallen Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Maj Gen Paul Lokech wasa good soldier whose wonderful legacy was soiled by President Yoweri Museveni’s regime.Muntu said that the fallen general fell into the trap of the regime which used him to fight the opposition and in turn this tainted the good legacy he had worked for while in Somalia and other places of deployment.
“His performance in the army was definitely excellent in all combat operations he was involved in. However, it’s unfortunate that by the time he passed on he had been deployed in the Police Force as Deputy Inspector General of Police where his legacy was soiled. At a personal level as someone with a military background I feel pity for officers like Lokech who found himself in the Police and ended up working for the regime instead of working for their country,†said Gen Muntu on Thursday during the ANT press briefing at the party headquarters in Kampala
The former UPDF chief added that the majority of Ugandans join the Army, Police and other intelligence services to serve their country but in the situation where there is the contention of the regime that wants to survive at any cost, officers end up being partisan.
“You find fine, credible, wise and professional officers in a situation where they are partisan who are on the side of the regime and don’t mind about Ugandans. I want to inform every officer in such a situation to know that we as a country we feel for them and I hope such situations will get over one day.â€
He added that most officers operating in a situation of defending the regime are suffering from an inner conviction of what they were trained to do as professionals.
Maj. Gen Lokech a battle-hardened soldier known for his offensive approach to rebellious groups in DR Congo, South Sudan, northern Uganda and Somalia, Lokech, was appointed by President Yoweri Museveni as second the commander of the Uganda Police Force in December 2020 replacing Major Gen. Stephen Muzeyi Sabiiti. An appointment he has served for 8 months.
According to Police, Gen Lokech died on Saturday of a blood clot in his lungs and left leg at his home in Buwate in Kira Municipality, Wakiso district after falling off a chair a few weeks ago. He is to be buried today Friday at his home district Pader.
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