By Editorial
President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Somalia to consider building a People’s National Army with the correct ideology of defending their country for peace to prevail so that the country is able to raise enough resources to run itself effectively.
This was during a meeting with the visiting President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, His Excellency, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who paid a courtesy call on H.E Museveni at State House Entebbe before returning to Somalia.
According to President Museveni, like the Uganda People’s Defense Forces, an army should be built on voluntarism to protect the state so that in future the country can raise resources to pay the soldiers.
The collapse of the security apparatus in many West African Countries is caused by mixing defence with money.
He added that this will enable Somalia, which is three times bigger than Uganda to recruit enough manpower to defend and liberate the country so that it’s able to collect taxes and pay salaries.
The visiting President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, His Excellency, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who finished his tour of duty in Uganda yesterday informed Gen. Museveni that because of the peace ushered in by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces and other peace-contributing countries, Somalia has been able to recruit a good number of community defence forces who are now able to defend their area under the direct supervision of the Somali National Army. END
