Museveni: I lost 54 soldiers to al-Shabaab attack

President Yoweri Museveni when he hosted a group of Members of Parliament from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kyankwanzi. [Twitter, Yoweri Museveni]

Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said his troops lost 54 soldiers after al-Shabaab militants overrun its base in Somalia.

Museveni told the National Resistance Movement parliamentary caucus that one commander was among the soldiers killed in last month's deadly attack on its Forward Operations Base (FOB).