UPDF Changes CMI Title To DIS, Defence Spokesperson Now Called Defence Information Officer.

Following the official launch of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Establishment 2021 by His Excellency the President of Uganda and Commander-in-Chief on February 17 2024, the nomenclatures of some of the Offices at the UPDF Headquarters have changed.

The adoption and use of new titles follow the degazetting of the old and gazetting of the new offices as per the UPDF Establishment 2021.

Among the offices their titles changed including formerly Defence Spokesperson now called Defence Information Officer (DPIO) under the department of Defence Public Information(DDPIO)

Brg.Gen. Felix Kulayigye the defence public information officer noted that, new titles have officially been adopted and will be used in naming the offices of the UPDF, effective 5 April 2024.

Some of the new office titles are: Chief of Joint Staff (CJS) formerly Joint Chief of Staff (JCOS),

 Joint Staff Human Resource Management (JS-HRM) formerly Chief of Personnel and Administration (CPA), 

Formerly Chief of Military Intelligence (CMI) now called Defence Intelligence and Security (DIS)

 Joint Staff Logistics (JS-LOG) formerly Chief of Logistics and Engineering (CLE)

 Chief of Training and Recruitment (CTR) changed to Joint Staff Training and Doctrine (JS-TRADOC).

More titles may be explained by the Defence Public Information Officer (DPIO) as and when required by the general public Brig.Gen. Kulayigye Stated in the Statment released.