UPDF decorates record 160 officers at single ceremony
Reporting. Senior officers led by Gen Ivan Koreta (left) and Gen Joram Mugume (right) arrive for the pipping ceremony at Ministry of Defence headquarters in Mbuya, Kampala on February 20, 2019. PHOTOS BY ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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Entertainment. UPDF band members play music during the piping ceremony.
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Light moment. Chief of Defence Forces David Muhoozi (left) brings a chair for Lt Gen Joseph Musanyufu (2nd left) to stand on to decorate Maj Gen Samuel Kawagga.
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New look. Maj Gen John Lorot gets his new pips at the function.
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Done. Lt Gen James Mugira and his wife Jackie leave the venue after he was decorated.
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Presidential Advisor on Special Duties, RO/0008643 Muhoozi Kainerugaba, was also given his new insignia of Lieutenant General that leaves him just one rank below full general.
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Pipped. Maj Gen Muzeyi Sabiiti is decorated by Lt Gen James Mugira (left) and his wife Esther Sabiiti.
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Power symbols. Some of the pips on display before the decoration exercise started.
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Promoted. UPDF representative in Parliament Flavia Byekwaso is decorated by Maj Gen John Lorot (left) and her husband Charles Kyasanku.