Kids,
Listen up. My sources tell me that the PGB strength is real, and that its soldiers get preferential treatment compared to the rag-tag regular UPDF. But remember what happened to Mobutu's presaidential brigade? The same fate faces the PGB!
And, by the way talking about the PGB, where is Major Kaneirugaaba, Museveeni's son, still recovering from the wounds? He is not in Soroti anymore, I know that, or is he?
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>From: Rehema Mukooza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: ugnet_: MUSEVENI's "SS" (as in Hiltler's SS) or Sadam's "Republican Guards" = 10,000 PGB
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:57:51 -0800 (PST)
>
>Nagadya:
>
>That's a very good question. The odds are there especially when we hear that State House, Entebbe needs US $77millions for renovation. The possibility of these odds are even higher when we hear that the State House is asking to have an Office of the First Lady, requesting for funds direct from the Uganda Treasury! They even raise more when we hear about the huge State House budget. These odds skyrock when we hear of 'ghosts' in the UPDF.
>
>Personally, I don't know if there are 'ghosts' in the Presidental Guard Brigade. We shall all find out when this information becomes available to us. 10,000 guards and heavy arms for just one man!!!
>
>Zakoomu M.
>
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>
>Mary Nagadya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What are the odds that at least 50% of these are
>'ghost' guards?
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--- Rehema Mukooza 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
>
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