The Commander-in-Chief and President of the Republic of Uganda says that whereas social media is not bad, he has tasked the Commander of Land Forces, and other UPDF generals, to use the platforms to discuss sports, political ideology, education, youth issues and not security.
President Museveni has reportedly stopped top military commanders, including his son and Commander of Land Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, from commenting about security and foreign policy issues on social media platforms.
The decision followed a meeting the Commander-in-Chief held with service chiefs in the south-western Ntungamo District at the weekend.
The meeting came days after Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt Gen Peter Elwelu, placed Uganda’s military on Standby Class one order over what may perceived to have been caused by security threats.
This is the highest level of combat readiness and the order proscribes movement of troops and military equipment, and requires commanders to conduct regular daily roll calls to establish whereabouts of soldiers and what they are doing. END