Gen Aronda Memorial Events: Planning Committee Holds Preparatory Meeting

The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, chaired a meeting on Wednesday afternoon to prepare for 'The Hon Gen Aronda Nyakairima Memorial Events’.

The events, slated to take place from September 10th to 12th, will include the first-ever Kampala Defense and Security Expo and a Memorial Lecture that will be presided over by the President of the Republic of Uganda.

The Wednesday meeting at the SFC headquarters in Entebbe was attended by senior military officials and top Ministry of Defence officials.

The meeting follows other meetings starting with the initial steering committee meeting held in July.

Some of the committee members include Lt Gen James Mugira - National Enterprise Corporation CEO, SFC Commander Maj Gen BD Mugisha, Maj Gen James Birungi - Defense Intelligence and Security chief, Maj Gen Jack Bakasumba - Chief of Joint Staff among other senior UPDF officers.

General Nyakairima, who passed away in 2015, is fondly remembered for his role in defeating insurgency groups including LRA, Karamoja cattle rustlers among others. 

He served as the Chief of Defence Forces from 2003 to 2013 and was the Minister of Internal Affairs at the time of his death.