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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Brig Gen Felix Busizoori, the former chief of the elite Special Force Command (SFC), yesterday inked his name in the history books as the shortest-serving commander of the unit responsible for the security of the President and members of the First family.<\/p>\n

President Museveni, the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, used his powers without divulging the reasons and replaced Gen Busizoori with the Third Division commander, Brig Gen David Mugisha.<\/p>\n

In what military sources tagged as a \u201cdemotion\u201d, the President sent Gen Busizoori to Third Division as second in command.<\/p>\n

Gen Busizoori took over the SFC command in January. He replaced Brig Gen Peter Candia, who was sent on a course at the National Defence College in Jinja.<\/p>\n

At the time of his transfer, Gen Busizoori had served as the commander of SFC for only seven months, making him the shortest-serving commander of the elite Force of the UPDF.<\/p>\n

Last evening, the Defence spokesperson, Brigadier Felix Kulayigye, released a statement confirming that the President had transferred and promoted other senior army officers, including Maj Gen Samuel Kawaga from Kakiri First Division to Nairobi, Kenya, as a Defence adviser and appointed Brig Gen Joseph Semwanga as the new commander of UPDF First Division in Kakiri.<\/p>\n

The Commander-in-Chief also promoted Lt Col Allan Matsiko to Colonel and transferred Col Herbert Nabimanya from SFC to Land Forces.<\/p>\n

Who is Brig Gen Felix Busizoori?<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2003, he was appointed Officer Commanding Special Company, a position he served in until 2006 when he became an Officer Commanding Detail Company until 2011.<\/p>\n

In 2011, Busizoori became the Commanding Officer Marines until 2012 when he became the Director Plans and Strategy, a position he served in for one year until 2013 when he was appointed the Director Operations until 2018.<\/p>\n

In 2018, he was appointed the Director Personnel and Administration in the Special Forces Command, a position he has held until last week when he was appointed the deputy SFC commander.<\/p>\n

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