President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Maj Tom Magambo who has been in the Internal Security Organisations (ISO) as the new police Criminal Investigations Director.
President Museveni has promoted Private Tom Magambo to the rank of Major and appointed him Director Criminal Investigations of the Uganda Police Force, the acting UPDF spokesperson, Lt Col Ronald Kakurungu said in a statement.
Magambo has been serving as the coordinator of the Eastern Africa Fusion and Liaison Unit, a regional intelligence gathering centre based in Entebbe.
The center’s mandate is to support and facilitate regional cooperation initiatives to curb terrorism and other transnational threats posed by organized criminals and has 10 countries that subscribe to it including Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia and Djibouti among others.
Maj Magambo now replaces AIGP Grace Akullo who has since been rumored to be sick and un able to perform her duties for a very long time.
By being promoted to the rank of Major, Magambo who has been a private has skipped nine ranks from Lance Corporal to captain. END.