What are the odds that at least 50% of these are 'ghost' guards? --- Rehema Mukooza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matek: > > Why would Museveni's brigade have 6,000 to 7,000 > soldiers more than a normal brigade?? And why is > this brigade doing the army job?? It is supposed to > stick to protecting the president alone. > > In case, and this is only in case, if Mu7 leaves > power in 2006, who is going to take care of this > huge brigade?? 6,000 to 7,000 soldiers will have to > be dessolved into the Uganda Army after this > dictator. My take is that he is not going to leave > power any time soon! His empire is crumbling and > that's why he needs all this extra protection. > > You are right to compare Mu7's PGB to Hitler's SS > and Sadam's Republican Guards. These dictators are > insecure and hence a need for all these soldiers, > just protecting one man and maybe his family. This > is insane and a wastage of donor and taxpayers' > money! > > Zakoomu M. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Museveni has 10,000 guards > By David Kibirige > March 24, 2004 > > Gets modern weaponsENTEBBE – The presidential > brigade is about 10,000 men strong, military experts > say.This is about 7,000 to 6,000 soldiers more than > a normal brigade, they add.Army spokesman Maj. > Shaban Bantariza declined to establish the exact > military strength of the Presidential Guard > Brigade.He however, defended its size.“The number > has to be big because of the formation. The > Presidential Guard Brigade (PGB) is independent of > other divisions. They have their own artillery, tank > and armored units. So that is why the number is > bigger than the usual brigades,” he said.He said > PGB soldiers have to be at every presidential lodge > in the country.The Monitor has learnt that for the > last five years the Presidential Guard Brigade (PGB) > has been under going restructuring. It was upgraded > from a Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) to a > PGB.The commander of the Reserve Force Lt. Gen. > Salim Saleh has overseen the restructuring. Lt. Col. > Leo Kyanda is the PGB commandant.The headq > uarters > of the PGB will be at Entebbe. Some of its soldiers > will be stationed in every battalion.Highly placed > sources told The Monitor that the PGB has also > acquired sophisticated weapons. The brigade has > anti-aircraft guns, battle cars like mamba and > buffalo, tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers > (APCs).The commanders of the PGB mechanized unit are > different from those of the regular army.On the > sophisticated weapons, Bantariza said when at a war, > the PGB fights independently of the regular army.He > gave an example of Maj. Muhoozi Kainerugaba who at > one time commanded PGB troops against the rebel > Lord’s Resistance Army in Soroti.President > Museveni is currently in Lira over seeing operations > against LRA rebels led by Joseph Kony. The PGB > soldiers are helping in the fight. > > > © 2004 The Monitor Publications > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.
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