Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in French that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

Major General Francis Okello replaced Major General Nathan Mugisha as commander of AMISOM on 7 July 2009 .
Le 7 juillet 2009, le major général Nathan Mugisha a été remplacé en tant que commandant de l'AMISOM par le major général Francis Okello.