| Name assigned by coder: |
yes
|
| PGM ID Number: |
98
|
| Country: |
Uganda |
| Date formed: |
Nov. 10, 1981 |
| Details of Formation: |
Trained for 3 weeks at Lunyo Farm, Entrebbe with the passing out ceremony officiated by Vice-President Mr Paulo Muwanga. Set up by vice-president and minister of defence to be "eyes and ears" of the Uganda Peoples Congress |
| Date dissolved: |
Dec. 2, 1981 |
| Details of Termination: |
This group is not mentioned again after December 1981 |
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister
|
| Training and Equipment |
yes |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
no information |
| Shared personnel |
no information |
| Types of Material Support: |
no information
|
| State Sponsor(s): |
none
|
| Other Connection(s): |
|
| Membership: |
adolescents; party activists
|
| Location: |
trained in Entebbe |
| Force Strength: |
[unknown,
600] |
| Target(s): |
rebels, insurgents, or other armed group
|
| Purpose(s): |
protect state, national or religious institutions
|
| Other Information: |
This group operated when Obote was President
The fourth arm of the security network built by President Obote in the 1980s - the army, the police, the 'ragged militia' (see seperate entry) and the Special Forces Vigilante. The Special Forces were trained at Lunyo Farm, in Entebbe, and their passing out parade was attended by the vice-president |
