{UAH} Details Emerge on how Military Police Saved Maj. Gen. Muhoozi and Bombo Top Commanders

Details Emerge on how Military Police Saved Maj. Gen. Muhoozi and Bombo Top Commanders from the Raging Soldiers whose Mission Money went ‘Missing’ in Wazalendo Coffers

By Arthur Kintu

Last Thursday around mid-day, trucks loaded with military police were seen Kiprotching along Gulu Highway. While they seemed in a rush, as if in a bid to foil an evil operation and or on a rescue mission, onlookers were left in suspense about what was going on.

However, we have unmistakably learnt that the red-top lads were rushing to Bombo Barracks, to indeed, rescue the Land Forces Commander Maj. Gen David Muhoozi, his junior, Chief of Staff Brig. Leopold Kyanda and other top security officers who were under a deadly siege staged by close to 400 angry soldiers, over their unpaid dimes. 

Belonging to UGABAG 10, the soldiers served in the Somalia peacekeeping mission. They raided Bombo Barracks and sealed off offices of the top Commanders, swearing to die with them.

This was over their mission dime arrears ranging in over Shs9bn. When going for a mission, each of them is meant to open up a personal account in commercial Banks for purposes of depositing their mission money. But for unknown reasons, their money landed in Wazalendo SACCO coffers; Wazalendo is a soldiers Circle and is believed to be the biggest in the country so far.

UN always pays money to Ministry of Defence vide Bank of Uganda and the same is meant to be channelled to the soldiers’ accounts on a monthly basis. However, this was not the case in this matter which threatened a mutiny at the giant military facility.

Inner sources inform us that on Thursday, the heavily incensed soldiers, ranking between Privates, Sergeants and Officers, raided the Barracks and sealed off the Wazalendo Headquarters. The panicky General Manager Pius Tumwijuke reportedly locked himself in the office as the soldiers swore to die along with their seniors, fighting for their hard-earned money. 

Sources reveal that the soldiers on mission are paid USD800 (approximately Shs2m) per month and they spend 12 months on the mission; this brings the figure for each to a total of Shs24m. According to our sources, the unpaid soldiers are close to 400 of the first batch and this brings the sum to a staggering Shs9.6bn.       

On return, each should find their dimes on their accounts but alas! It was nowhere and they were told it was instead deposited in their Wazalendo accounts since the SACCO availed each a Shs1m loan on departure. “Our banks were willing to give us up to Shs4m to leave home but they simply gave us Shs1m as bait to ‘misplace’ our money,†an angry soldier opened up to us.

The Kyanda-Muhoozi Trick

On seeing the lads were too serious for life, shouting at whoever dared them and swearing to disarm their colleagues and start a war, Muhoozi and Kyanda turned their ‘rage’ at the Wazalendo staff, demanding to know where the soldiers’ money was. They grilled them badly in front of the soldiers, a trick that worked since the soldiers now felt the bosses had turned to their side.

Sensing the rage was calming down, Muhoozi pleaded with the soldiers and promised to solve their problem in the shortest time possible. This, he said, was going to be done by depositing their monies onto their accounts. Indeed, in two days, they started receiving the money, though we can’t figure out where it emerged from.

However, it is feared that another batch which is soon arriving from the mission could be having the same problem and this, will put in balance, the security of the Wazalendo bosses and top Commanders. Though we could not readily establish, it is said that top officers normally borrow staggering figures from the SACCO and this could be the reason the soldiers’ dimes are always ‘misplaced.’

Efforts to contact the CDF Gen. Katumba Wamala and or any of the involved officers were futile as the General’s known number was off and the rest went unanswered.

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

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