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Uganda arrests a former military chief accused of engaging in subversive activities · Best of: Features

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  Uganda arrests A former military chief accused of engaging in subversive activities.
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  Written by Rodney Muhumuza. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice generated by Everlet. Kampala Uganda, the AP. A former
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  deputy military chief in Uganda has been arrested over allegations of planning
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  to destabilize parts of the country, according to the military. Peter Elwellu,
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  a three star general, who served as the Deputy Chief of Defense
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  Forces between twenty twenty one and twenty twenty four, was taken into
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  custody Monday, according to military spokesman Colonel Chris McGhesi. Elwelu was on
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  the runover involvement in subversive activities and plans to destabilize, a remote
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  part of eastern Uganda where he was born and raised, Magizi said.
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  The security forces recently recovered fifteen guns in his possession, military fatigues
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  and two pickup trucks. Elwelu could not be reached for comment. He
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  was being held by military authorities at an unknown location. The government
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  has yet to substantiate the allegations against him. Ahead of Elwelu, arrest,
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  Ugandan military chief General Muhusi Kinerugaba accused him of engaging in treacherous
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  activities after his retirement from active duty last year. Kainerugaba
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  said he had ordered the search party to capture Elwelu alive. El
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  Welu, a previous commander of the land forces, once disagreed with Kenugaba
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  over military operations, leading to an urgent meeting mediated by President Yoweri
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  Musivini. Kainerugaba is Museveni's son and seen as his likely successor. Just
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  months after Museveni was sworn in in May of this year for
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  a seventh consecutive term, Kainarugaba launched a presidential bid for twenty thirty
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  one, the next scheduled elections in this East African country, that has
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  never had a peaceful transfer of power. Uganda enjoys relative peace and
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  stability under Museveni’s
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  who turned eighty two in September. But some analysts worry the transition
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  to another leader is likely to be volatile, if not violent. Museveni
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  has no rivals within the ruling party, and many believe the military
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  will have a say in choosing his successor. Museveni's main rival in
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  the last two elections, the musician and activist known as Bobi Wine,
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  is in exile in the Yus Kiza Basigie, the opposition figure who
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  ran against Museveni four times previously, is in jail on treason charges
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  he says are politically motivated. Basigie's wife, Yunid's executive director Winnie Buyanima,
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  says her husband is in failing health. Museveni first took power by
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  force in nineteen eighty six, as the leader of a guerrilla force
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  whose goal was to democratize Uganda after years.
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  Of chaos and civil war. He said at the time that Africa's
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  problem was leaders who overstayed their welcome. Much later, Museveni changed his
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  stance to say his criticism was of leaders who prolonged their rule
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  without an electoral mandate. Constitutional term limits and age restrictions have been
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  scrapped over the years. The AP Africa News