By Ezrah Kashumbusha,
KAMPALA
President Museveni has ordered the Chieftaincy Military Intelligence to withdraw their operations from Entebbe International Airport.
This was during the passing out of 2717 police constables and immigration officers at Kabalye training School In Masindi District .
“If there’s counter insurgency it’s mainly in the bush not in the airport. You don’t have to be there. You can’t work with sister agencies.I don’t like it,” Museveni said
The work of CMI is to carry out counterintelligence and they have no business at the airport.
“I have discovered that my instructions were never carried out , all these wonderful people. I think Major General Abel Kandiho and Brigadier Bakahumura. I wanted to find out what CMI is doing at the airport? “ Museveni asked
The President who is the Commander In Chief also asked the senior military officers including Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda , the Joint Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces to explain his order was not put into consideration.
“I said airport should be for Immigration and police. What is CMI doing at the airport? Are they flight controllers or what? I told Bakahumura and the other fellow CMI , what are they doing at the airport “he Asked
Maj Gen responded tang CMI comes in for counter- terrorism operations; to detect such suspects coming to the country.