{"id":27463,"date":"2021-11-20T13:34:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T10:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=27463"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T10:42:38","slug":"gen-mbadi-detractors-wont-stop-us-defending-this-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/20\/gen-mbadi-detractors-wont-stop-us-defending-this-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Mbadi: Detractors Won&#8217;t Stop Us Defending This Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda&#8217;s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Wilson Mbadi, has described as &#8220;detractors,&#8221; people spreading false news that he stormed out of a security meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen Mbadi&#8217;s response is contained in a tweet posted on Saturday afternoon, in which he brands the reports as false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A news website had carried a story claiming the CDF left a meeting that was discussing the Kampala Twin Bombs on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This allegation in the media that I stormed out of a meeting of security chiefs on Wednesday that was discussing the bomb attacks in Kampala this week is completely false. No such a meeting happened at all. Detractors will not derail us from defending our people and the nation,&#8221; the CDF tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UPDF Spokesperson, has also refuted the reports, saying they are meant to distract the joint efforts to defeat terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The concoction by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpetnewsUG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TrumpetnewsUG<\/a>  that CDF stormed out of a meeting with security chiefs discussing terror attacks is false &amp; meant to divert our joint efforts to address the real security concerns of the country at the moment. It should be treated with contempt<\/p>&mdash; &#8211; (@UPDFspokespersn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UPDFspokespersn\/status\/1462006237432795139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, six people lost their lives and 33 others were left injured, following the twin blasts that rocked the capital, Kampala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Yoweri Museveni revealed on the same day that the terrorists had invited him, and that he would go after them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They have exposed themselves when we are more ready for urban terrorism. They will perish. Rural terrorism was defeated in 2007 in the Semliki National Park. I am referring to the dead terrorists as manipulated victims of confusion.,&#8221; the president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added, &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three (3) IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) have been recovered including the one of today. The terrorists invited us and we are coming for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Museveni is expected to comment on the issue in his national address on Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda&#8217;s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Wilson Mbadi, has described as &#8220;detractors,&#8221; people spreading false news that he stormed out of a security meeting. Gen Mbadi&#8217;s response is contained in a tweet posted on Saturday afternoon, in which he brands the reports as false. 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