Gen Kandiho will now replace head of police force Maj Gen Jack Bakasumba, who has now been named Uganda Delegate to South Sudan Peace Monitoring Mechanism.
On January 25, Gen Kandiho was replaced as Chief of the CMI, yielding to one of the conditions in the thawing of relations between Uganda and Rwanda.
Uganda’s Maj Gen Abel Kandiho has been appointed Joint Chief of Staff of Uganda Police Force, just two weeks after being removed from chief of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and transferred as delegate to South Sudan Peace Monitoring Mechanism.
The army and Ministry of Defence Spokesperson, Lt Col Ronald Kakurungu, announced in a tweet Tuesday evening the latest changes made by the President and Commander in Chief of the UPDF.
Gen Kandiho will replace Maj Gen Jack Bakasumba, who has now been named Uganda Delegate to South Sudan Peace Monitoring Mechanism.
