The Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organization, ISO Col. Emmy Katabazi, has tipped intelligence officers to remain critical of threats against Uganda’s stability.
Col. Katabazi was delivering a lecture of opportunity to a total of 34 senior intelligence officers drawn from different security agencies currently undergoing the course of advanced intelligence at the UPDF School of Defense Intelligence and Security in Nakasongola district.
The officers are from the Internal Security Organization, ISO, External Security Organization, Uganda Police Force, and UPDF.
While lecturing the officers on the “political violence in Uganda, origin, drivers, actors, and the role of intelligence in containing the threat,” Col. Katabazi reminded the officers to remain ideologically upright and understand the revolutionary methods of work.
Katabazi said this would enable the officers to fully understand the violent political history of Uganda, which plunged the country into instability for many years.
Regarding the country’s economy, Col. Katabazi advised the officers to remain critical and watch both internal and external threats that can sabotage Uganda’s economic base.
“When you fully understand the revolutionary methods of work, you will then serve your country very well. Uganda is a very rich country; therefore, we must strive to protect our resources that can benefit our people,” Col. Katabazi said.
Katabazi said: “The role of intelligence in containing the threat requires extreme vigilance and urged them to counter all the negative forces that can undermine government programs, including the Parish Development Model, PDM, EMYOOGA, and Universal Primary and Secondary School Education, among others.”
He says the programs are to support peasants to join the money economy and enhance their livelihood, hence changing the economic base of Uganda.
Col. Katabazi, who reminded the officers about the violent political history of Uganda, advised them to uphold an extreme level of discipline, sacrifice, and respect for the community to avoid a repeat of what transpired in the early days of Uganda’s post-independence between 1971 and 1986, when the NRA liberated the country.
The advanced intelligence course seeks to usher the officers into the strategic level as senior security intelligence managers.