UPDF Creates Two More Brigades â€" Kazini

TWO more combat brigades have been created in the UPDF from the original 16 as part of new security measures, reports Grace Matsiko. The new military structures were announced on Tuesday by Army Chief of Staff, Brig. James Kazini, at the UPDF 2nd Division in Mbarara on Tuesday, during a meeting of senior commanders, sources said. A brigade can accommodate upto 3,000 soldiers. “In the new structure, the UPDF 2nd Division will have five brigades instead of four so will the Fourth Division,” a source in Kazini’s office said. The UPDF 2nd Division has been in charge of military operations in western Uganda and Congo while the Fourth Division takes charge of northern region. Sources said Major Mawa Muhindo has been appointed to command the recently-created Mountain Brigade to be permanent in the Rwenzoris. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Phinehas Katirima said there has been a process of filling gaps within the existing units of the army in the UPDF 2nd Division. “I don’t have details but you cannot have an army unit without a commander,” Katirima said of Muhindo’s appointment. President Museveni recently created a barracks in Kabale. Ends