Uganda, March 26 -- President Museveni has promoted the Deputy coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation, Maj Gen Sam Kavuma, to the rank of lieutenant general and appointed him as the new Force Commander of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis).

Lt Gen Kavuma, who was once President Museveni's aide-de-camp, replaced Lt Gen Samuel Okiding, alias Mr Artillery, after he was appointed the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces.

"H.E (His Excellence) the President and the Commander in Chief of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces has appointed and promoted Major General Sam Kavuma to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed him the new Force Commander of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis)," a statement by the...