The troops are classified as the 22nd Group of Battle and the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU IV) will join other troops in the Amisom, funded by the United Nations.
Also present at this ceremony, there were the Commander of Land Forces, General Peter Elwelu, spokesman of the army Richard Karemire and the Commander of the 22ND battalion, Colonel Bony Bamwiseki.
Muhoozi instructed the troops to maintain the solid reputation of the UPDF’s successful combat operations, and unwavering commitment to African solidarity.
The Amison is a force of regional peace created by the African Union and the Security Council of the United Nations on January 19, 2007, in order to support the institutional reconstruction in Somalia, where since 1991, a war is staged by the power between the authorities supported by western countries, and the rebels.
The rebels concentrate now on the armed group Al Shabab, successor of the Union of the Islamic Courts, which one does not recognize the legitimacy of the authorities of Mogadisho