{"id":1577,"date":"2020-08-01T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T11:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2020-08-01T11:48:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T11:48:58","slug":"gen-museveni-appoints-29-updf-officers-names-brig-gen-flavia-byekwaso-new-army-spokeswoman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/gen-museveni-appoints-29-updf-officers-names-brig-gen-flavia-byekwaso-new-army-spokeswoman\/","title":{"rendered":"GEN. MUSEVENI APPOINTS 29 UPDF OFFICERS ,NAMES BRIG.GEN.FLAVIA BYEKWASO NEW ARMY SPOKESWOMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
President Yoweri Museveni  the  Commander in Chief of the armed forces has made 29 new appointments in the UPDF including the appointment of Brig. Gen. Flavia Byekwaso (49 years old) as the new army spokeswoman replacing long serving Brig. Gen Richard Karemire  who has been posted  as Uganda\u2019s  Defence Liaison Officer at EAC Secretariat in Arusha Tanzania.     Others appointed in the new positions are ,.Maj Gen Sam Kiwanuka- Chief of Production&Welfare, Maj Gen Moses Ddiba Ssentongo_ Chief Mubende Rehabilitation Centre,Maj Gen Hudson Mukasa Chief of Staff Reserve Forces,Maj Gen Francis Okello_Commander National Defense College, Maj Gen Innocent Oula_Deputy MD NEC and will Deputise Gen. James Mugira, Maj Gen Don Nabasa_Contingent Commander-AMISOM,Brig Gen Emanuel Rwashande, Chief Civil Military Cooperation,Brig Gen Stephen Oluka, deployed to  OWC and Brig Gen George  Etyang-OWC.   Others are Brig Gen Jeff Mukasa, Director Counter Terrorism,Brig Gen William Beinomugisha, Second in Command (-2\/ic) 2 Division-Mbarara, Brig Gen James Kaija,Defense Advisor UK, Brig Gen Fred Karara, Defence Attache (DA) Sudan, Brig Gen Christopher Bbossa, DA China,  Brig Gen Mike Kisame, DA Kenya, Brig Gen Joseph Balikudembe 3 Division Commander  and Brig Gen Simon Ocan- DA Switzerland .   Brig Gen Michael Kabango has been appointed seconded to AU Peace Support Operations  Department,Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, posted to Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), Brig Gen Mathew Gureme, Chief of Training & Recruitment, Brig Gen Tingira Irumba,  Chief of Policy& Plans,Brig Gen Charles Asiimwe,Commander National Counter Terrorism Centre, Brig Gen Richard Otto, Deputy CMI, Brig Gen James Nambale, DA Turkey,Brig Gen Robert Ocama, OWC, Col Bahoku Barigye- DA Cuba  and  Col Keith Katungi, Commandant Military Police.<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The new UPDF spokeswoman , Brigadier<\/a> Flavia Byekwaso, is one of the 10 UPDF members of parliament who have served in 10th Parliament (2016\u20132021).She was born on 29 December 1971, in the Central Region<\/a> of Uganda. She attended St. Mathias Kalemba Senior Secondary School, in Nazigo<\/a>, Kayunga District<\/a>, for both her O-Level and A-Level studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She did her first degree, a Bachelor of Business Administration<\/a> at Makerere University<\/a>, Uganda’s oldest and largest public university<\/a> in 1996.  She later, in 2012,obtained a Master of Public Administration and Management<\/a> degree from the same  University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byekwaso was recruited in the UPDF in 2000, starting at the rank of  protocol officer<\/a> and has served in different roles including, as a military assistant<\/a>,  an administrative officer and a logistics officer<\/a>. Between 2014 until 2016 she  served as the Director of Logistics in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel<\/a>, she was elected to be one of the ten military men and women who represent the UPDF in the 10th Parliament (2016\u20132021) before she was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General<\/a> 2019.  She is the second-highest ranking woman in the UPDF, behind bush -war historical –Proscovia Nalweyiso<\/a>, whose is at the rank  of Lieutenant Genera<\/a>l.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Yoweri Museveni  the  Commander in Chief of the armed forces has made 29 new appointments in the UPDF including<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[154,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-army","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/flavia.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11397,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/museveni-makes-changes-in-updf-leadership-maj-gen-rwakitarate-is-the-new-commander-vital-assets\/","url_meta":{"origin":1577,"position":0},"title":"Museveni Makes Changes In UPDF Leadership , Maj Gen Rwakitarate Is The New Commander Vital Assets","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"President Museveni has in the exercise of powers entrusted to him by the national 1995 constitution , Commander in Chief of the armed forces made several changes in the UPDF top commander. 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