CDF Muhoozi Appoints Maj Gen Richard Otto New Defence Intelligence Chief Replacing Birungi

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has appointed Major General Richard Otto as the new Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security (CDIS) of the national army, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). 

Maj Gen Otto will replace Major General James Birungi who will now go to Fort Portal to become the new Mountain Infantry Division Commander.

“The Chief of Defence Forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has appointed the Mountain Infantry Division Commander Major General Richard Otto the new Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security (CDIS) of the UPDF,” noted Colonel Chris Magezi, the acting Director of Defence Public Information (DDPI).

“The outgoing CDIS Major General James Birungi replaces Major General Otto as the new Mountain Infantry Division Commander based in Fort Portal.

“The Mountain Infantry Division Commander also serves as the Joint Task Force Commander of UPDF troops under Operation Shujaa in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The UPDF fraternity congratulates the General officers on their new appointments and wishes them good luck in their future endeavors.”

The appointments mean that Maj Gen Birungi and Maj Gen Otto have swapped roles, and the chanes will take immediate effect, according to Col Magezi.

You can read key things about the profile of Maj Gen James Birungi, who has been dropped as UPDF intelligence boss HERE. 

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