Meet the Uganda Head of the Special elite Forces comandoes, Brig. General Charity Bainababo smart?

Meet the Uganda Head of the Special elite Forces comandoes, Brig. General Charity Bainababo smart?

Under her command structure Uganda's UPDF pacified SOMALIA and defeated Al shabab. Today, Mogadishu is more calm and peaceful than New York. She is also fighting in Congo to eliminate al Qaeda backed ADF rebels.

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After the United States Army, the Uganda army is the second Army with the most number of military bases outside her own country in the whole world

She is commander of Police Presidential Guard(PPG). She was two weeks ago promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General and appointed Deputy Commander of Special Forces Command but still remains commander of PPG.

President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the Commander in chief of the armed forces has promoted the Police Presidential Guard(PPG) commander, Col. Charity Bainababo to the rank of Brigadier.

The development was announced in a message on Tuesday afternoon in a promotion made by the president.

"It is correct," Brig Bainababo said when asked about the development.

It was also learnt that Brig Bainababo has also been appointed as the new deputy Special Forces

She now occupies the position recently occupied by Brigadier Felix Busizoori who was appointed as the acting commander of Special Force Command (SFC) after Brigadier Peter Chandia who was the commander was sent for a year's course as one of the pioneer students of the Uganda National Defence College.

Charity, as she is commonly referred by her peers has of recent risen so fast in ranks.

Last year in April, while at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, she was among the 1300 officers that President Museveni promoted.

She was consequently promoted to the rank of Colonel and one year later, she has again been elevated to the next rank of Brigadier.

However, the promotion is meant to align with her appointment as the deputy commander of the Special Forces Command.

It remains to be seen whether she will still hold the position of the Police Presidential Guard commander.

The Police Presidential Guard (PPG) is a unit under the Special Forces Command (SFC) whose role is to provide security to the First Lady and other very important persons in the country.

More promotions

According to the UPDF spokesperson, Brig Felix Kulayigye, in the same message, the commander in chief also promoted Col David Mugisha to the rank of Brigadier and appointed the second in commander for the third division whose headquarters are in Moroto whereas Lt Col Nathan Nabimanya was promoted to Colonel and appointed as the second Special Forces Group commander to replace Brigadier Bainababo who was elevated to deputy SFC commander.