NEWS- The Deputy Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation Maj. Gen Sam Kavuma has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and sent to Somalia as Command of African Union troops in Somalia to replace the newly appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen Sam Okiding.
The UPDF Deputy Spokesperson, Col Deo Akiiki made this announcement today saying that General Sam Kavuma has been made the ATMIS Force Commander and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.
The announcement came after President Yoweri Kaguta Mueveni who is also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces appointed Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the new Chief of Defence Forces and will be deputized by Lt Gen Sam Okiding whose new appointment cut short his tenure as African Transition Mission in Somalia.
Lt Gen Kavuma has previously served in Somalia as Uganda’s Contingent Commander in 2014 and before his deployment in Somalia; he had commanded the regional task force against the LRA in Sudan.
Gen Kavuma takes over the command as African Transition Mission in Somalia formerly known as AMISOM which is facilitated by the African Union as they prepare to hand over national security to the Somali National Army by the end of this year.
