20 years later, the NRM military dictatorships is still in need of close to 5
Trillion Uganda shillings to transform it's army, the NRA, to I hear a "proffessional"
army. If It takes 20 years and 20 Trillion shillings to tranform an army..then you
probably need to start a new Army all together. Wouldn't you recon?
The Irony is that the Brits and other western so called Donor nations will probably
grant Museveni and his NRM what they he need ...more money!..and at the end of the
day poor Ugandans ( both present and future) will be the ones to foot the bill to
..in fomr of debt payment.
Matek
Govt Needs Sh5 Trillion for Defence
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New Vision (Kampala)
May 7, 2004
Posted to the web May 7, 2004
Vision Reporters
Kampala
UGANDA requires about sh5.4 trillion for total transformation of defence.
The Minister of Defence, Amama Mbabazi, said this while delivering a statement on the
White Paper for the Defence Transformation and the Defence Policy to Parliament
yesterday.
"Through a scientific analysis, the total transformation cost was estimated at sh5.4
trillion to achieve the vision force," he said.
Mbabazi said the Government had concluded the defence review process launched by
President Yoweri Museveni on June 14, 2002 and that the Cabinet had considered and
adopted the recommendations of the review.
He said at the current allocation levels, this would take about 18 years to achieve,
adding, "Government has always stated that the Ministry of Defence is under funded.
The funding of the Defence review has clearly confirmed this."
Mbabazi said the review had determined that Uganda's strategic military requirement is
for a small, affordable, well-equipped and well-trained force consisting of
approximately 47,548 soldiers backed by adequate combat-support and appropriate
reserve force.
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The paper summarises key findings of the process and the key recommendations, which
spell out the interventions, required to modernise and professionalise the Uganda
defence forces, he said.
It also gives the processes required to manage the defence sector to create a force
capable of defending the nation from all security threats.
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