EASF Concludes Uganda Verification Exercise, Confirms Readiness For Regional Peace Operations
The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) has completed a verification exercise in Uganda to confirm the country's military and civilian readiness for regional peace support operations. Officials confirmed that Uganda's Rapid Deployment Capability is prepared to intervene in regional crises within 14 to 90 days.
Why it matters
This verification ensures regional stability by confirming that member states have the logistical and military capacity to respond to security threats in East Africa.
The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) has concluded a three-day verification exercise in Uganda to assess the country’s pledged military, police, and civilian capabilities for rapid deployment in peace support operations across the region.
The exercise assessed Uganda’s readiness, interoperability, force capabilities and equipment pledged to the EASF, with verification activities conducted at the Uganda Police Force, the International Peace Support Operations Training Centre (IPSO-T) in Singo and the Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability (URDC) headquarters in Jinja.
The EASF Force Commander, Brigadier General Stephen Maina Huria, said the verification had provided assurance that Uganda had capabilities that could be rapidly deployed in support of peace and stability in the Eastern Africa region.
“As a Force Commander, I am really satisfied with the preparation, capabilities and readiness of the troops. Seeing the morale of the police, civilian and military components is quite impressive,” Brig Gen Huria said.
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