Somalia, 8 January 2026 The commander of\u00a0 Ugandan troops serving with the African Union\u2019s stabilization mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) has called for “maximum vigilance” as the mission begins the complex transition toward Somali-led security operations.<\/p>\n
Brigadier General Jackson Kayanja issued the directive during a high-level operational readiness meeting at Sector One Headquarters in Mogadishu on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
General Kayanja emphasized that discipline, teamwork, and transparency are the “critical pillars” required for operational effectiveness during the new phase.<\/p>\n
Sector One Deputy Commander Colonel Francis Obita Aragamoi, urged soldiers to uphold professionalism in their efforts to secure Somalia.<\/p>\n
Kayanja took over the command\u00a0 of the AUSSOM Ugandan Contingent, last year, from Brigadier General Joseph Musoke Ssemwanga who completed his tour of duty.<\/p>\n
The high-level meeting was also attended by senior Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force (UPDF) officers, signaling a comprehensive review of the contingent\u2019s defensive posture for the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Somalia, 8 January 2026 The commander of\u00a0 Ugandan troops serving with the African Union\u2019s stabilization mission in Somalia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[63,1100,1104,854,1102,1107,1109,1106,1098,1096,1101,1103,1108,1105,1094,302,83,1099,1028,1095,321,262,1097,96,261,153],"class_list":{"0":"post-12237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uganda","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-african-business","10":"tag-african-culture","11":"tag-african-development","12":"tag-african-economy","13":"tag-african-education","14":"tag-african-entertainment","15":"tag-african-healthcare","16":"tag-african-media","17":"tag-african-news","18":"tag-african-politics","19":"tag-african-society","20":"tag-african-sports","21":"tag-african-technology","22":"tag-analysis","23":"tag-breaking-news","24":"tag-business","25":"tag-continental-news","26":"tag-current-affairs","27":"tag-dawan-africa","28":"tag-east-africa","29":"tag-economy","30":"tag-horn-of-africa","31":"tag-news","32":"tag-politics","33":"tag-uganda"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}