The UPDF spokesperson Flavia Byekwaso has set the record straight on where their allegiance lies like an army.
This comes after the army has been criticized by the opposition aspirants and Civil Society Organisations-CSO’s for being partisan and acting on behalf of the ruling government NRM even during campaigns.
The UPDF has come under fire for working with other security forces like the police to flog, shoot at, or arrest opposition candidates and their supporters during the campaigns while acting on behalf of the state.
However, Byekwaso says the army serves the public and their role is to be obedient to the president.
She says the army is ready to support and work under any president who will be democratically voted president of Uganda.
Ugandans go to the polls on January the 14th 2021.
Recently, Brig Gen. Felix Kulayigye, the former army spokesperson and an MP representing-UPDF said he would pledge his allegiance to anyone that wins the 2021 general polls.
He affirmed that he is willing to serve under presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine in case he wins the 2021 general elections.
The mandate of the UPDF is to preserve, defend and protect the people, property, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Uganda.,
It also contributes to regional stability and supporting international peace initiatives.
Currently, the Commander in Chief of the UPDF is the seating president Yoweri Kaguta, Museveni.
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces changed names from the National Resistance Army-NRA in the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda.
NRA was the Force that fought from February 6, 1981, to January 26, 1986, Liberation war that saw the final overthrow of the dictatorship in Uganda.
