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New Vision (Kampala) - December 1, 2003
Alfred Wasike
Passing out UPDF recruits at Kabamba Military Training School in Mubende, Saturday, Lt. Gen. Museveni told the soldiers, "The channels through which the AIDS scourge is transmitted are very well known and as such the disease can be easily avoided."
Museveni described soldiers as "a precious asset to the nation's defence and as such should try their level best to live carefully and responsibly to avoid contracting the disease."
The recruits were drawn from Kabamba, Singo and Bihanga training schools. He also passed out trainee instructors.
Museveni told UPDF commanders that subjecting soldiers to corporal punishment was unlawful. "Corporal punishment was a practice of former colonial masters that cannot be encouraged in this modern era," he said.
He also warned against corruption and stressed the role of training and good planning.
He noted, "They are the key factors in the building and transformation of an army," adding that even during the five-year protracted armed struggle, the National Resistance Army never lost more than 400 combatants, which he attributes to good battle planning that the NRA underwent in the bush.
UPDF Chief of Staff Brig. Nakibus Lakara, chief of operations and training Col. Geoffrey Muheesi and Kabamba boss Lt. Col. Joseph Arocha attended the ceremony.
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