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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor them to succeed in this, he called on the international community to support the SSF further to make sure that they can be able to timely take over the responsibilities that ATMIS has been performing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cATMIS has been a successful campaign and we want it to be sustained up to the end so that the Somalis can be able to join the international community to participate in their rightful duties in the international community,\u201d Mugisha emphasised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brig Gen Keith Katungi, Ugandan Contingent Commander in Somalia, stated in an interview that ATMIS’s involvement in the Somali elections is a security operation not an offensive action against the enemy but part of stabilization efforts in Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll ATMIS sectors were involved in the last concluded elections but Sector 1 being in control of the city and the centre where the FGS sits, took the lion\u2019s share of what needed to be done,\u201d Katungi noted<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked about the experiences and the lessons learnt during the last concluded Somali elections, Brig Katungi observed that Somali is a fractured society recovering from war<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd thus, you do not expect Somali brothers to be on the same footing with you. You have to be very sensitive, impartial, know your brothers and sisters that you are helping so that you can offer your all. You must be conscious to know that they need a brother to lean on, create harmonious relations with the leaders and SSF and keep revising your mandate and keep on track,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further applauded the resoluteness of the UPDF soldiers who have been serving in Somalia unreservedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAbove all, we had good relations with the people of Somalia. At times leaders think of engaging those in higher echelons but the common man matters a lot. The common Somali knows what UPDF has done in this country. We are always working together with Somalis and that was very important,\u201d noted Katungi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Katungi underscored that the inauguration of Hassan Sheik Mohamud, is a new chapter not only for Somalia but also for ATMIS and the international community that has been supporting Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs FGS, ATMIS and SSF, I think we won and Somalia has not fallen back into a civil war. Together with our Somali brothers, we have won together and together we can.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uganda was the first country to deploy troops to Somalia in March 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Museveni has assured the Somalia President Hassan Sheik Mohamud of close ties as he prepares to take up the responsibilities and challenges of presidency of the Federal government of Somalia. Museveni\u2019s message was delivered by Amama Mbabazi, Presidential Special Envoy who represented president Museveni and led Uganda\u2019s delegation at the inauguration ceremony of president […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":31124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[7286,809,119],"class_list":["post-31122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amama-mbabazi","tag-somalia","tag-uganda-news"],"yoast_head":"\n