Uganda accused of training Somali fighters

Wednesday May 21, 2014

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A total of 3,600 Somali personnel have received training in Uganda, learning new skills to take back to Somalia upon joining the country’s Armed Forces, in the efforts to stabilize towns and villages and restore security for the Somali people.

However, some of the Somalis trained in Uganda are reportedly absorbed by al-Shabab fighters upon homecoming.

This is while the European Union Mission Commander to Somalia has also dismissed the allegation that the Ugandan Army with the support of the EU engaged in training Al Shabaab fighters who continue to battle against the Somali Transitional Government.

Uganda’s Chief of Defense Force General Edward Katumba Wamala also confirmed that the country’s troops currently deployed in South Sudan will begin their partial withdrawal from Juba after the forces of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are deployed on the ground.

Uganda has been accused on several occasions of training Al-shabaab fighters under the guise of empowering the Somali National Armed Forces. But Kampala, whose role in Somalia is critical in the restoration of security to the war ravaged country, remains resolute in its control of key installations there.

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