Assuming that the President does not run in 2006 as per this constitution,
or if amendments are made and the incumbent runs as the Presidential general of
NRM-O and loses in the General Election, will the new Ugandan president retain
the PGB or it will be dismantled?
Was PGB
created as by act of parliament?
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Subject: ugnet_: MUSEVENI's
"SS" ( as in Hiltler's SS) or Sadam's "Republican Guards"
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
headquarters 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.
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