CDF Gen. Kainerugaba appoints new NDC-U Commandants

JINJA - The Chief of Defence Forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has appointed Brigadier General Alex Opolot Olupot as the new Commandant of the National Defence College Uganda (NDC-U) in Jinja.

Brig. Olupot was previously the Joint Staff Training and Doctrine,  replacing Major General Francis Okello, who is due for retirement later this year. 

Maj. Gen. Okello was the founding Commandant since the inauguration of the advanced military education and strategic training college in 2022.

The CDF also appointed Brigadier General Michael Kabango, the Chief of Staff Land Forces, as the new Commandant of Senior Command and Staff College (SCSC), Kimaka, also in Jinja. 

He replaces Major General George Igumba, who will similarly retire later this year. 
A release from the Ministry of Defence and Veterans' Affairs states that Major Generals Francis Okello and George Igumba have over four decades of distinguished military service during which time they held different command and staff appointments.

"The retiring Generals scaled all levels of professional military education and are a stellar example to upcoming officers for their example, resilience and dedication. 

Major General Francis Okello

We wish them well in their imminent retirement. The UPDF fraternity also congratulates Brig. Gen. Olupot and Brig. Gen Kabango for their well-deserved appointments. 

We are confident that the senior officers possess the wherewithal to take UPDF’s elite training colleges to the next level," the release by Colonel Chris Magezi, the Acting Director Defence Public Information MODVA/UPDF, further reads.