Major General Abel Kandiho, is a Ugandan military officer.He was appointed Senior Presidential Advisor on Friday 17th May,2024.He had previously served as the Joint Chief of Staff in the Uganda Police Force, effective 9 February 2022.
[3] He previously served as the Chief of Military Intelligence in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF).
Kandiho "privately accused the former police chief of waging a campaign aimed at depicting the inner towns as ungovernable".
[8] In December 2019, at the rank of Brigadier, Kandiho met with Lieutenant General Jeremiah Nyembe, the South African Military Intelligence chief, for the purpose of sharing information.
[13][14] In January 2022, he was replaced as the Head of Military Intelligence in the UPDF by Major General James Birungi.