Uganda appoints US-blacklisted spy to top police job

Gen Abel Kandiho

Uganda's Maj Gen Abel Kandiho. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed him to the top command of the country's feared police force.  PHOTO | DAILY MONITOR | NMG

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed a former military intelligence chief, who is blacklisted by the United States over alleged rights violations, to the top command of the country's feared police force. 

Major General Abel Kandiho was recalled late Tuesday from his posting as security envoy in South Sudan barely two weeks after being dropped as spymaster.