{"id":6553,"date":"2022-09-05T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T16:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2022-09-05T16:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T16:59:05","slug":"gen-sejusa-retires-salutes-gen-museveni-nra-and-updf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/gen-sejusa-retires-salutes-gen-museveni-nra-and-updf\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Sejusa  Retires , salutes Gen. Museveni NRA and UPDF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maverick General\u00a0David Sejusa and paid tribute to President Museveni \u00a0for providing leadership during the struggle and the army leadership as well as \u00a0the people of Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cI am \u00a0proud to belong to NRA\/UPDF, which has made incredible strides. I thank the people of Uganda from all regions for their sacrifices. We all know there was a phase in our struggle when our civilian population was the vanguard. They were our eyes, the ears, our protectors, they fed us and this phase took a bigger part of 1981. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They gathered intelligence; they carried out reconnaissance missions for us to acquire small arms and so on. If we did not have the population on our side, then there would be no NRA\/UPDF and certainly NRM,\u201d Gen Sejjusa said, adding that it\u2019s not easy to keep a country peaceful for 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gen Sejjusa, noted that however much a lot has been done; a lot is yet to be achieved to consolidate the victories and the mission to liberate Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTherefore, continue training, take advantage of the opportunities being provided, make sure that you deepen your ideological horizons but above all, love your nation and honor the people of Uganda always. They are special people for there\u2019s no greater honour than serving the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He saluted specifically saluted his commander in chief, President Museveni for the opportunity offered to him \u00a0to serve the people of Uganda \u00a0and for the victories and achievements registered. \u201cWe have shared a lot but we have served Uganda and I am sure Uganda will prosper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" data-attachment-id=\"6555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/gen-sejusa-retires-salutes-gen-museveni-nra-and-updf\/sej2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sej2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,383\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sej2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sej2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sej2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sej2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sej2.jpg 680w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sej2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Museveni &nbsp;said having done army work for most of their time, it was now time for them to do something for the country in other capacities other than the UPDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni said that now that the generals are retiring from active service &nbsp;of the army, they should now &nbsp;use the opportunity to create wealth for themselves now that government is able to send them off with some good remuneration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have done army work .Now, go and do something in the economy in these last years,\u201d Museveni said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He applauded &nbsp;the officers for accepting to work under difficult situations with no or low pay to a stage where the system is &nbsp;now able to support them unlike in the previous armies where officers retired upon death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe army of 1971, many Acholi and Langi officers were killed by the Idi Amin group which was coming in. That was their retirement. Now when you\u2019re beginning to retire, the country you supported is now a bit more able to also support you,\u201d Museveni said, adding that this has made retirement a good gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museveni warned  the retiring officers not to listen to opportunists giving them advice on how they should spend their savings but rather invest wisely in commercial agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, my advice to generals, please, buy yourselves land and practice the four acre model of agriculture by venturing \u00a0into coffee, fruits, pasture for animals (zero grazing), food, chicken and pigs in the backyard, fishing near the swamps etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 generals of the UPDF were supposed to physically attend the retirement ceremony at State House in Entebbe, the number present was 48 since Gen Elly Tumwine died and was buried earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other notables among the retirees included Lt Gen Andrew Gutti, the former chairman of the General Court Martial,Lt Gen John Mugume, Maj Gen Steven Kashaka, Maj Gen Joram Kakaari Tumwine, Maj Gen Manon Katirima Finehans, Maj Gen Elly Kayanja, Maj Gen Geoffrey Balaba Muheesi and Uganda\u2019s most decorated female military officer-NRA historical , Lt Gen Proscovia Nalweyiso who is currently serving as Special Presidential Advisor on Defence and Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maverick General\u00a0David Sejusa and paid tribute to President Museveni \u00a0for providing leadership during the struggle and the army leadership as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6554,"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-6553","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\/2022\/09\/seju.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6491,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-yoweri-museveni-speaks-out-at-the-passing-of-one-of-his-recruits-gen-elly-tumwine\/","url_meta":{"origin":6553,"position":0},"title":"PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI SPEAKS OUT AT THE PASSING OF ONE OF HIS RECRUITS GEN ELLY TUMWINE","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni has spoken about the death of Gen Elly Tumwine this morning . 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