Kampala — The Defence minister Adolf Kasaija Mwesige yesterday said the bigger part of the classified expenditure has been on acquisition, refurbishing and maintaining the military hardware.
The minister told the ongoing back-to-back briefings by all government sectors on the National Resistance Movement manifesto implementation that President Museveni directed at the beginning of this term the classified expenditure remains a priority because "it is spent on items that are crucial for the Uganda People's Defence Forces and national security".
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