Brig Robert Freeman Mugabe, the chairman of the General Court Martial, who presided over the trial, said the act of the two officers ordering a withdrawal of troops from a base under attack by al-Shabaab terrorists was cowardly and greatly tarnished the name of the UPDF
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces General Court Martial has dismissed two army officers for cowardice.
The two officers, Maj Zadock Abor, and Maj John Oluka, were found guilty and dismissed last Saturday by the General Court Martial sitting at the The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) camp in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia.
Brig Robert Freeman Mugabe, the chairman of the General Court Martial, who presided over the trial, said the act of the two officers ordering a withdrawal of troops from a base under attack by al-Shabaab terrorists was cowardly and greatly tarnished the name of the UPDF.
