The Chief of Defence Forces in the UPDF, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has appointed Col Deo Akiiki as his military assistant.
Col Akiiki has been serving as the deputy director for public information at the Ministry of Defence.
“My appointment takes immediate effect. It is a statement of honour and trust that I’m going to serve at the helm of the leadership of UPDF. I don’t take it for granted and I thank the CDF and indeed the entire leadership of UPDF for the trust in me,” Col Akiiki said.
Col Akiiki who has served UPDF for 25 years has spent the biggest chunk of this time( 20 years) speaking for the Ugandan army starting with the days of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Gulu, Kitgum, Lira, Pader, then Karamoja, Somalia, operation Lightening thunder in DRC as a public relations officers.
He has excelled in these positions.
He now takes on a new assignment.
“I call upon you comrades to continue working with the office of the DDPI headed by Maj Gen Felix Kukayigye and the deputy yet to be appointed. Continue to give them as much support as you have always done,”Akiiki said.
