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, a suburb of the city of Jinja, approximately 86 km, by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. This location is adjacent to Jinja Airport, the civilian and military airport that serves the city of Jinja.

History
The Senior Command and Staff College was established in 2003. The first Commandant of the college is Lieutenant General Ivan Koreta. 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 was Major 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 and by senior military officers from other African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan and Rwanda. 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 - Former Commander of the UPDF
 * General Salim Saleh - Former Commander of the UPDF
 * General David Sejusa - Former Director of National Intelligence, Uganda
 * Brigadier Elly Kayanja - Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Uganda
 * Brigadier Nobel Mayombo (RIP) - Former Permanent Secretary, Uganda Ministry of Defense
 * Brigadier Julius Oketa
 * Colonel Peter Kerim - Deputy Director of the External Security Organization (ESO)

Photos

 * USCSC Class of 2009