{UAH} MUHOZI'S SFG-CUSTODIAN OF MUSEVENI'S LIFE PRESIDENCY.
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No doubt, Museveni's 27 years grip on power has heen enabled by his strong personal control of the security forces. It is the security forces that have fought off over two dozenes of armed groups, facilitated election rigging and brutally suppressed peaceful protests. His purpoted retirement from the army was a hoax. He is active member of the NRA who continues to don the NRA combat uniform (not the ceremonial uniform for retirees) and more often carries an AK 47 assault rifle. The 1995 constitution renamed his NRA as UPDF but behind the scenes it remains NRA as a military wing of his NRM party. Members of the NRA continue to be identified either as Resistance Officer (RO) for commissioned officers and Resistance Army (RA) for non-commissione officers. Museveni's army number is RO/1. The same applies to the registration of all the motorvehicles used by the NRA as their number plates bears RA. With total personal control of the army, Museveni is convinced that nothing can dislodge him from power.
Hower, to counter the potential of internal rebellion from within his NRA, he decided to create a more loyal elite force (SFG) that is now commanded by his son. It started in 1986 when he took over power and created his personal sucurity unit, the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU). Under the command of his long time body guard Akanga Byaruhanga and assisted by Aronda whose special role in Museveni's security detail has never been very clear, the PPU expanded into a semi-autonomous unit by mid 1990s. The PPU established its own training school at Kasenyi, recruited directly from the prefered Ugandan communities. It eliminated the undesired members by sending them to the main stream NRA for redeployment. It expanded its structures to include marine, mechanised, intelligence and air defence. The first lady picked interest in the unit by advocating for improved welfare by introducing an extra pay on top of the usual NRA pay rate populary known as '89' and welfare projects for members of their families. Members of PPU adopted the name Maama (mother) in reference to the First Lady. However, she was disappointed when she learnt that the unit had tightly kept a top secret from her. A young girl and daughter of Mzei Nyindombi of Kebisoni in Rukungiri who had been working in State House as a House Keeper had been turned into a wife by Museveni. Upon getting pregnant the girl had mysteriously disappeared from the main State House. She was house in a nearby house under tight security under cover that the house was housing SPLA's John Garang. In that way, it was easy for Museveni to sneak in there. With time the secret leaked to Janet prompting bitter family misunderstandings but Museveni outrightly rejected Saleh and Muhozi's mediation. The Second Lady was shifted and temporarily housed in Bugolobi, Kampala before she got her permanent home at Museveni's second country home at Kisozi Ranch. They now have a number of children. Akanga Byaruhanga paid the price for failing to to protect the secret. Years earlier, the First Lady had also raised eye brows when she was going on a foreign trip and she refused the plane to take off the Entebbe Airport unless her favourite body guard Kagoro Asingura was allowed to travel with her. Upon return from the trip, the suspicious Museveni ordered that Kagoro leaves PPU within an hour. Kagoro, his family and property were hoarded into a waiting lorry and dumped at the army headquarters. Kagoro went back to school and is now a Lawyer and a Senior Officer in the NRA.
In 1993, learning from experience of slaughtering of Burundi's President, Museveni who had put Kazini incharge of the Mechanised Unit, had tanks brought to secure State House. After the death of Akanga Byaruhanga, Geofrey Muheesi was one of the the few officers who took over command of the PPU. His tenure was shortlived because it was during the time Tinyefuza was suspected of moblising NRA officers against Museveni. The PPU expanded to become a brigade by strength and was rebranded the Presidential Protection Brigade (PGB). Kazini spearheaded the recruitment of home boys (Himas and Basongora) for the PGB. At one time Kazini publicly thanked the people of Nyabushozi (Museveni's home area) for providing a whole Division of recruits to the NRA. At the same time, the PGB was producing loyal officers to take over command of strategic command positions in the main stream NRA.
When the First son, Muhoozi came to the scene he embarked on private recruitment into the PGB. Reacting to public concern, Museveni stated that Muhozi was a member of the axaulary Local Defence Unit (LDU). As usual Ugandans went to sleep and by time they woke up, Muhozi was a Brigadier in the NRA and commanding a 10,000+ strong elite force rebranded Special Forces Group (SFG). With the SFG controlling the vital units of the NRA, Museveni is confident that no internal armed uprising can dislodge him as had been the case with past goverments.
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Hower, to counter the potential of internal rebellion from within his NRA, he decided to create a more loyal elite force (SFG) that is now commanded by his son. It started in 1986 when he took over power and created his personal sucurity unit, the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU). Under the command of his long time body guard Akanga Byaruhanga and assisted by Aronda whose special role in Museveni's security detail has never been very clear, the PPU expanded into a semi-autonomous unit by mid 1990s. The PPU established its own training school at Kasenyi, recruited directly from the prefered Ugandan communities. It eliminated the undesired members by sending them to the main stream NRA for redeployment. It expanded its structures to include marine, mechanised, intelligence and air defence. The first lady picked interest in the unit by advocating for improved welfare by introducing an extra pay on top of the usual NRA pay rate populary known as '89' and welfare projects for members of their families. Members of PPU adopted the name Maama (mother) in reference to the First Lady. However, she was disappointed when she learnt that the unit had tightly kept a top secret from her. A young girl and daughter of Mzei Nyindombi of Kebisoni in Rukungiri who had been working in State House as a House Keeper had been turned into a wife by Museveni. Upon getting pregnant the girl had mysteriously disappeared from the main State House. She was house in a nearby house under tight security under cover that the house was housing SPLA's John Garang. In that way, it was easy for Museveni to sneak in there. With time the secret leaked to Janet prompting bitter family misunderstandings but Museveni outrightly rejected Saleh and Muhozi's mediation. The Second Lady was shifted and temporarily housed in Bugolobi, Kampala before she got her permanent home at Museveni's second country home at Kisozi Ranch. They now have a number of children. Akanga Byaruhanga paid the price for failing to to protect the secret. Years earlier, the First Lady had also raised eye brows when she was going on a foreign trip and she refused the plane to take off the Entebbe Airport unless her favourite body guard Kagoro Asingura was allowed to travel with her. Upon return from the trip, the suspicious Museveni ordered that Kagoro leaves PPU within an hour. Kagoro, his family and property were hoarded into a waiting lorry and dumped at the army headquarters. Kagoro went back to school and is now a Lawyer and a Senior Officer in the NRA.
In 1993, learning from experience of slaughtering of Burundi's President, Museveni who had put Kazini incharge of the Mechanised Unit, had tanks brought to secure State House. After the death of Akanga Byaruhanga, Geofrey Muheesi was one of the the few officers who took over command of the PPU. His tenure was shortlived because it was during the time Tinyefuza was suspected of moblising NRA officers against Museveni. The PPU expanded to become a brigade by strength and was rebranded the Presidential Protection Brigade (PGB). Kazini spearheaded the recruitment of home boys (Himas and Basongora) for the PGB. At one time Kazini publicly thanked the people of Nyabushozi (Museveni's home area) for providing a whole Division of recruits to the NRA. At the same time, the PGB was producing loyal officers to take over command of strategic command positions in the main stream NRA.
When the First son, Muhoozi came to the scene he embarked on private recruitment into the PGB. Reacting to public concern, Museveni stated that Muhozi was a member of the axaulary Local Defence Unit (LDU). As usual Ugandans went to sleep and by time they woke up, Muhozi was a Brigadier in the NRA and commanding a 10,000+ strong elite force rebranded Special Forces Group (SFG). With the SFG controlling the vital units of the NRA, Museveni is confident that no internal armed uprising can dislodge him as had been the case with past goverments.
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