President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Maj Gen Geoffrey Tumusiime Katsigazi the new Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time the President has also renewed the contract of the Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija.Maj Gen Tumusiime replaces Lt Gen Paul Lokech who died in August last year. The President also has appointed Brig Henry Isoke as the new head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit to replace Col Edith Nakalema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Presidential Press Secretary, Faruk Kirunda stated thus on his twitter ;\u201cH.E the President has appointed Brig. Gen. Isoke Henry as the new head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit replacing Col. Nakalema who is on a course. Congs, Gen. Isoke.\u201d Brig Isoke replaces Col Nakalema who has gone for a one-year course at the National Defence College .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brig Isoke , before this appointment has served as the head of the counter intelligence unit at the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence(CMI), the intelligence army of the UPDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also worked as the head of the peace operations department at the East African Standby Force, a \u00a0regional mechanism to provide capability for rapid deployment of forces to carry out preventive deployment, rapid intervention, peace support\/stability operations and peace enforcement and \u00a0consists of \u00a0the military, Police and civilian components.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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