The new army spokesman Brig. Gen. Felix Kulayigye has hailed the good relations between the UPDF and the population which he said has greatly contributed for the peace and stability of the country .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While delivering a lecture on the topic \u201cThe NRM and the UPDF: Civil-Military Cooperation, an imperative of the NRA\/M journey\u201d Kulayigye recalled that the NRM came to power through a people led revolution which led to mutual trust among the population and the army .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe army can’t exist without people. That’s why only 27 armed people could stage a revolution and take up a well-equipped national army because they had the support of the people. They were ideologically convinced,\u201d Kulayigye said. He was speaking at the weekly- hybrid (physical and virtual ) NRM ideological clinics held at the party headquarters in Kampala.
The former Chief Political Commissar of the UPDF also said that the protracted people\u2019s struggle that the NRA\/M fought between 1981 to 1986 was successful because they had to first convince people about the objectives of going to the bush .
\u201cThat’s why NRM had to ideologically first orient people to understand its objectives,\u201d he said, adding that, \u201cPeople were taught patriotism, pan-Africanism, socio-economic transformation and democracy. The ten-point programme of NRA\/M were premised on these ideological principles.\u201d
The army legislator also avers that the military itself has ideologically been trained to have ideological conviction which has enabled it to serve the population with maximum discipline.
He stressed that \u201cThe civil military relations is simply built on the principle that we are because you are. The army has to be pro-people because even those in uniform were once civilians.\u201d
Kulayigye gave an example of the previous governments which had military but they could not sustain power due to poor civil-military relationships.
\u201cOne of the weaknesses of the past armies was poor character of individuals. We have to insist on good characters. Amin and Obote all had military but they weren’t ideologically trained. But this government has stood for this long because the army know its objectives. The NRM and NRA journeys are related. The former was produced by the latter. That’s why there’s a strong military state relationship. Correct military line was the first objective and then correct political line,\u201d he said.
\u201cThe inculcation of the patriotism values in the army has driven them to love their country,\u201d he said, \u201cThese army men can sacrifice for their country and defend it. Even when we go outside country we go on defensive policy. UPDF can’t attack anyone. Look at Alshabbab and ADF terrorist organisations.\u201d Kulayigye added.
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\u201cThe military is the strongest pillar of the state, however it is not allowed to directly get involved in politics. A country that forgets its history is lost. The army has to believe and work with a civilian president. That’s civil military relations,\u201d Kulayigye said.
Mr. Richard Todwong, the NRM party Secretary General said that given the fact that the NRM was born out of NRA, the role of the military should be appreciated.
\u201cPeace and security that NRM government enjoys is because of the UPDF. Historically we know that the army is only meant for battles and wars, but now they are out of the barracks to provide services to the civilians. They are engineers, teachers and doctors in hospitals,\u201d Todwong said.
“The army has reduced poverty among people through running the Operation Wealth Creation. Now the poverty levels have reduced dramatically in seven years,\u201d he adds.
\u201cBy 1986, he said, \u201cThe civil service was dead because the previous governments didn’t want educated people in the country. The economy is now doing well, the GDP has increased and so is the revenue,\u201d he informed.
This week\u2019s topic came ahead of 6th February Tarehe Sita celebrations which commemorates the date NRA attacked Kabamba army barracks and led to a five year war against Obote\u2019s government in 1981. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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