NRA family will always remain together regardless of contradictions – Gen Sejusa

This is a special day the Lord has chosen and we thank God for it. Mr President Sir and comrades, it wouldn’t be me standing here representing the dispatch of officers, it would be our departed comrade Gen Elly Tumwine because by the hierarchy of the High Command, he came before me and Gen Salim Saleh.

But as I wrote earlier in my “Kinkizi Memory” when I quoted prophet Isaiah who wrote, “My plans aren’t your plans, nor are your ways my ways.” (Isaiah 55)

But Gen Elly Tumwine lives on through his revolutionary work and achievements at a personal level, in our country and beyond in the region, we salute him, may the Almighty God receive him and keep his family safe.

Your Excellency, I stand here in the name of these Generals who are retiring and I wish to pay tribute to you personally. Today I intend to speak as an army officer in the name of the High Command and a member of the family of UPDF, not as a politician.

Your Excellency, I stand here to pay tribute to you as a commander-in-chief, our war leader and a commander of UPDF in which we have all served in various capacities for several decades. We thank you, we thank the army leadership and we thank the people of Uganda.

Many may wonder, Gen Sejusa who has had run-ins with the system, why does he now represent these gallant officers? The answer is simple; it is because he belongs to the family and the family never breaks no matter the disagreements.

There are four types of family which I…