Uganda Senior Command and Staff College

The Uganda Senior Command and Staff College (USCSC), is a training facility for the Military of Uganda, including the army, air force and special forces.

Location

The facility is located in Kimaka

Kimaka

Kimaka is a neighborhood in the city of Jinja, in Eastern Uganda.-Location:Kimaka is bordered by to the west by the Nile River, , to the south by the Kampala-Jinja Highway , to the east by Qaddafi Barracks and to the north by the area...

, a suburb of the city of Jinja

Jinja, Uganda

Jinja is the largest town in Uganda, Africa. It is the second busiest commercial center in the country, after Kampala, Uganda's capital and only city. Jinja was established in 1907.-Location:...

, approximately 86 kilometres (53.4 mi), by road, east of Kampala

Kampala

Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...

, Uganda's capital and largest city. This location is adjacent to Jinja Airport

Jinja Airport

Jinja Airport is an airport in Uganda. It is one of the forty-six airports in the country.-Location:Jinja Airport is located in eastern Uganda, approximately , by air, east of Entebbe International Airport, the country’s largest civilian and military airport.The geographic coordinates of this...

, the civilian

Civilian

A civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces or other militia. Civilians are distinct from combatants. They are afforded a degree of legal protection from the effects of war and military occupation...

and military

Military

A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...

airport that serves the city of Jinja.

History

The Senior Command and Staff College was established in 2003. The first group of students was admitted in 2004 to attend the Senior Command Course that lasted one year. The first officers to graduate from the college included some of the leaders of today's military in Uganda. The course has been given every year since and has been attended by the majority of the senior commanders in the Uganda People's Defense Force. As of February 2010, the Commandant of USCSC is Major General

Major General

Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

Andrew Guti.

Courses

The most popular and widely attended course is the Senior Command Course that is conducted annually. The course is attended by senior offers from the UPDF

UPDF

UPDF may refer to:*Uganda People's Defence Force*UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino...

and by senior military officers from other African countries including Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

, Southern Sudan and Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

. Other courses including strategic courses in peace-keeping are in the planning stages.

Alumni

The graduates of the USCSC include, but are not limited to the following:

General Elly Tumwine
Elly Tumwine
General Elly Tumwine , is a Ugandan professional artist, educator and military officer. He is a former Commander of the Army in Uganda, the highest military position in the country at that time...

- Former Commander of the UPDF
UPDF
UPDF may refer to:*Uganda People's Defence Force*UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino...
General Salim Saleh
Salim Saleh
General Salim Saleh , is an adviser to the President of Uganda on military matters. Formerly, he was the Ugandan Minister of State for Microfinance. Before that, he was a high ranking military official of UPDF, the armed forces of Uganda. He is a brother of the current President of Uganda, Yoweri...

- Former Commander of the UPDF
General David Tinyefunza
David Tinyefunza
General David Seju Tinyefuza Munungu decorated with DAMU MEDAL and LUWEERO TRIANGLE MEDAL is a Ugandan lawyer and Military officer. He is the Coordinator of Intelligence services in Uganda and is a Senior Presidential Adviser to the President of Uganda...

- Director of National Intelligence, Uganda
Brigadier Elly Kayanja - Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Uganda
Brigadier Nobel Mayombo
Nobel Mayombo
Brigadier Nobel Mayombo, sometimes spelled as Noble Mayombo, , was a Ugandan soldier, and Member of Parliament .-Background:He was born in Kabarole District in 1965...

(RIP) - Former Permanent Secretary, Uganda Ministry of Defense
Brigadier Julius Oketa
Colonel Peter Kerim - Deputy Director of the External Security Organization (ESO)

Location

History

Courses

Alumni

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See also