Securing the country takes collaborative effort, says Otafiire

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Major General (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, delivered a lecture to the second cohort of course members at the National Defence College - Uganda on April 26.

During his lecture, he emphasised that providing security for Uganda requires a collaborative effort from all stakeholders.

"Security is now a basic necessity. Providing it to our people as upcoming leaders, we must ensure unity, democracy, production, fair share in determining destiny and satisfying people’s needs because insecurity is a threat to life," said Otafiire.

He stressed that security is now a fundamental necessity, and as future leaders, they must ensure unity, democracy, production, and fair share in determining destiny and satisfying people's needs. He expressed that insecurity poses a threat to life.

The minister pointed out that insecurity in many African countries is due to a lack of interest, ideological bankruptcy, misinformation, backward culture, sectarianism, and the inability to understand the laws of nature.

Additionally, he noted that sometimes insecurity in Africa is State-inspired by the misuse of power, where individual interests become State policy.

He remarked that when NRM took over power in 1986, they introduced the local Council One system as a first-line measure to fight insecurity, adding that it's everyone's role to fight the vice.

He called for unity and advanced technology integration by eliminating artificial colonial boundaries. He proposed the creation of a viable East African state with purchasing power to build an economic muscle as a strategy to defend territorial integrity.

Since its commissioning by H.E Gen (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in January 2022, the National Defence College - Uganda, the highest institution of military learning, is conducting its second intake that commenced on 02 June 2023 and comprises 21 members, one of whom is a public servant at the level of a Commissioner.