CDF Mbadi welcomes new SFC commander

The new Commandant of the Special Forces Command (SFC) Brig Felix Busizoori (R) waves the SFC flag as CDF Gen Wilson Mbadi (C) left and former SFC commander Brig Chandia (L) watch after the official handover ceremony at the SFC headquarters in Entebbe on January 19, 2022 . PHOTO/PPU

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  • Outgoing SFC Commander Brig Gen Peter Chandia who leaves for a one-year course at the National Defense College in Jinja will join other army chiefs recently sent there for the same purpose.  

Uganda’s elite force unit charged with the protection of the President, Special Forces Command (SFC), has bid farewell to its outgoing commander Brig Gen Peter Chandia, welcoming Brig Gen Felix Busizoori as the new commander.

Officiating at the handover, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi noted that “the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) continue to shine in its key roles due to exemplary leadership and discipline in all its structures.”

“We acknowledge your exemplary leadership exhibited as Special Forces Commander and wish you the best. Your effort as Commander at the Special Forces reflects the discipline and hard work that you should carry forward as we build Uganda,” he said in brief remarks at the SFC Headquarters in Entebbe on January 19.

Brig Chandia who leaves for a one year course at the National Defense College in Kimaka, Jinja City- will join other recently sent army chiefs including Col Edith Nakalema of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and former UPDF spokesperson, Brig Flavia Byekwaso.

Incoming SFC commander Brig Gen Busizoori has been the Deputy SFC Commander, a position now assumed by Lt Col David Bidi Mugisha.