UGANDA, Jan. 1 -- President Museveni has appointed Maj Gen Kayanja Muhanga as the Kampala joint security operations coordinator reporting directly to the Commander in Chief.

UPDF deputy spokesperson, Lt Col Deo Akiiki, told the Daily Monitor that Maj Gen Muhanga will be the overall operations coordinator for all security agencies.

"This means he will be the link between joint operations of the police force, the military and intelligence agencies," Lt Col Akiiki said on Friday.

At the time of his appointment, Maj.Gen Muhanga had just returned from a one-year course at South Africa's National Defense College. He has previously served as the commander of Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) 2nd Division based at Makenke, in Mbarara Distric...