The team will train Ugandans for two weeks; day and night, before they are sent toSomalia, which is facing the bad boy Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
menace, in two weeks.
The visitingUKminister forAfrica, Mr Henry Bellingham, also Wednesday announced an extra $200,000 funding for training of Ugandan peacekeepers.
"This is a good opportunity to pacifySomaliabecause the Al-Shabaab have been chased out ofMogadishu. This was a sacrifice worthwhile. Achievements made on the military front should be compatible with political side," he said
Mr Bellingham was meeting the British soldiers and theUgandaLandforces commander, Lt Gen Katumba Wamala, and other senior officers in Singo, Nakaseke District where the peacekeepers are undergoing training.
Mr Bellingham said theUKfunding to the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
forces, Amisom had been increased by $23.8 million following the UN resolution that called for increase and expansion of the force from 12,000 to 17,731.
The commandant of Singo Peace support training school, Col James Barigye Ruheesi, said the school had so far trained 20,000 soldiers who had so far served inSomaliasince 2007.
Ugandans and Burundians have been supporting the beleaguered Transitional Federal Government of Somalia before they were later joined by Kenyans an Djiboutian forces.