The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has ordered the arrest of Brig Gen Cyrus Besigye Bekunda, the Joint Staff Chief Engineering at the UPDF Engineers Brigade over corruption.
Muhoozi also ordered the arrest of several other officers of the army working with the Engineers Brigade over corruption and financial mismanagement.
The first son and army chief also said Brig Gen Bekunda Besigye and others had received money and misused it.
He added that he hoped the punishment against Besigye would serve as a lesson to deter others from ever touching money that belongs to the tax payer.
“Yesterday, I ordered the arrest of Brig Bekunda Besigye and other officers of the Engineers Brigade. They poisoned, contaminated, and desecrated a sacred principle we have always embraced as UPDF—that we can be self-sufficient and efficient,” he said in a post on microblogging site X, formerly Twitter.
“They received money and misused it! Let their punishment serve as a lesson to others.”
The Pearl Times has learnt that Gen Muhoozi is making several generals uncomfortable – especially those who have been stealing billions of money meant for UPDF projects.
He has also issued tough warnings against the army officers.
“Any individual or group with selfish interests — whether corruption, misappropriation of resources, or mismanagement of any kind — must reform immediately or leave our cherished UPDF before they are exposed,” he said at the closing ceremony of a logistics and inventory management retreat at the College of Logistics and Engineering (COLE) in Magamaga, Jinja, in February 2024.
A few months ago, Muhoozi promised his father Museveni that he will soon make corrupt army officers cry, as reported Here.
A former UPDF commander was also reportedly arrested for stealing money meant for engineering projects. (See Details Here).
Away from the fight against corruption, some in the UPDF now credit Muhoozi for pushing for salary increment for soldiers, as well as juicy retirement packages for retiring officers. (See Details on UPDF salary structure and retirement packages Here, There) and Over There).
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