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By Francis Otucu
The East African Forces Command Post Exercise (CPX) set for this November is expected to widen and deepen integration as the region looks forward to building a single force capable of planning and executing missions together.
This is part of the debate representatives from Army, Police and Prisons across six East Africa partner states of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda are holding at a six-day meeting at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala.
Major General Jean Jacques Mupenzi from the Republic of Rwanda who is chairing the meeting, said that CPX is a joint security exercise aimed at enhancing interoperability and building capacity of the East Africa forces and partner agencies in handling the region’s security challenges as a single block.
“This exercise will widen and deepen our integration we look forward to building a single force capable of planning and executing our mission together for the betterment of our region,” said Mupenzi.
He added that the East African region is facing security challenges and natural calamities that can be better addressed through concerted efforts by the region’s forces and other supporting agencies such as non-governmental organizations, hence the need to unite.
The joint meeting will review the exercise plan that was drawn in a concept development conference held in Arusha – Tanzania.
This year’s EAC Armed Forces CPX will be the 12th edition and is code named USHIRIKIANO IMARA 2019, and will focus on security challenges, peace support operations, disaster management, counter terrorism, and enhancing the state of readiness of EAC partner states in combating complex security challenges in the region among others.
The command post exercise involves military and civil components, and it is one of the joint activities by EAC Armed Forces aimed at enhancing the region cooperation in defense that are held on rotational basis among the member states, other activities include Field Training Exercises (FTX) and games.
