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On Thursday 1^st June 2023, the UPDF Chief of Staff Land Force (COS-LF), Major General Jack Bakasumba, oversaw the official handover ceremony of the office of the Commandant Military Police at the Military Police headquarters in Makindye. The outgoing Commandant, Major General Don Nabasa, handed over the responsibilities to Brigadier General William Bainomugisha.

The UPDF Chief of Staff Land Force (COS – LF) Maj. Gen. Jack Bakasumba presided over the handover of the office of the Commandant Military Police from Maj. Gen. Don Nabasa to Brig. Gen. William Bainomugisha at Military police headquarters Makindye yesterday, Thursday 1st July 2023.

In his remarks, Maj. Gen. Bakasumba commended the Outgoing Commandant Maj. Gen. Nabasa for a job well done and urged the Incoming to emulate the Outgoing while at his new duty station.

He thanked Maj. Gen. Nabasa for the recent infrastructural developments at Military Police and urged him to do the same at the 3^rd Infantry Division headquarters.

The Outgoing Commandant Maj. Gen. Don Nabasa advised the Incoming Brig. Gen. Bainomugisha to cooperate with the Civilian population, maintain teamwork and work hard.

To the Incoming Military Police Commandant Brig. Gen. Bainomugisha, the COS – LF implored him to continue taking Military Police to greater heights, in terms of duties and responsibilities.

He urged all troops to embrace the Chief of Defence Forces’ Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi’s message during the Monitoring and Evaluation tour on maintaining ideological clarity, on top of conserving the environment.

Brig. Gen. Bainomugisha commended the UPDF leadership for entrusting him with the new responsibility and pledged to steer Military Police forward.

The function was also attended by UPDF Senior and Junior Officers and local leaders, among others.