Former CMI boss Gen Kandiho appointed new Chief of joint staff of Police

The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces – UPDF confirmed the appointment in a tweet sent out on Tuesday evening saying Gen Kandiho has replaced Maj Gen Jack Bakasumba who has been appointed the Ugandan Delegate to the South Sudan Peace Monitoring Mechanism.

“H.E the President and C -in- C of the UPDF has appointed Maj Gen Abel Kandiho as Chief of Joint Staff of Uganda Police Force replacing Maj Gen Jack Bakasumba who has been appointed the Ugandan Delegate to the South Sudan Peace Monitoring Mechanism,” a tweet on UPDF’s official Twitter account read Tuesday evening.