Museveni pledges to upgrade Isunga police station, a historic site

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President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to upgrade Isunga Police Station in Kagadi, a site of historical significance in Uganda’s liberation struggle.

A release from the Presidential Press Unit states that during a stopover at the station on Friday, the President pledged a facelift for the facility.

President Museveni visits Isunga sub-county Police Post. (PPU)

He directed the Commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC), Maj. Gen. David Mugisha, and State House Comptroller, Ms Jane Barekye, to oversee its reconstruction.

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President Museveni posing for a photo with some of the officers at the station. (PPU)

While interacting with some officers at the station, President Museveni in a narrative of February 6, 1981 events, recounted how he led an armed struggle against the government of Milton Obote with just 27 guns. 

On Saturday, the President explained the historical significance of the police station in a post on social site X.

In his post, Museveni stated, "Before leaving Bunyoro, I stopped at Isunga Police Station in Kagadi District. This station holds historical significance in our liberation struggle.

On February 6, 1981, my comrades and I launched an armed struggle against the government of Milton Obote, starting with just 27 guns. Our first attack was on Kabamba Barracks, where we seized military equipment. We then advanced through Kagadi to Isunga Police Station. At Isunga, we overran the station and captured an RPG-7B gun.

This RPG was a valuable addition to the few weapons we had already captured from Kabamba earlier that day, and it significantly aided us in our struggle.

We will rehabilitate this police station and preserve it as one of our historical sites from the liberation struggle."