Agency
A storm is sweeping through the Defence Intelligence and Security (DIS), formerly known as the Chief of Military Intelligence (CMI), as a probe team instituted by the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, widens its net.
At least 13 suspects—soldiers and civilians—are now under arrest over alleged orchestration of fake terror bomb attacks.
Among those detained is Maj Gen James Birungi, the former CMI chief, who was dramatically arrested on Friday and is currently being held at Makindye Military Police barracks.
His arrest comes after weeks of silent investigations into what sources describe as “concocted terror incidents” that shook the country in recent years.
Among them are three soldiers linked to the June 3rd Martyrs Day bomb scare near Munyonyo Catholic Shrine, where a woman—allegedly a suicide bomber—was killed.
Weeks later, another supposed female bomber was gunned down in Kaleerwe market, her “explosive device” detonated by operatives.
As investigators interrogated the detained officers, the name of Maj Gen Birungi repeatedly surfaced.
By Friday midday, he had been disarmed, interrogated for over seven hours, and later driven to Makindye barracks under tight security. Maj Gen Felix Kulayigye, UPDF spokesperson, confirmed Birungi’s detention but declined to divulge details.
