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Min Adoa Tasks MPs To Pass Fisheries and Aquaculture To Protect Industry
The minister of State for fisheries Hon Hellen Adoa advised members of parliament from fishing constituencies to rally their colleagues to pass the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill as well as support the efforts of the Fisheries Protection Units (FPUs) to safeguard Uganda’s white gold. Hon Adoa made the call during a discussion with MPs and…
Milly B Babalanda: The Value In President Museveni’s “Parish Development Model Tour”
By Babirye M. Babalanda Last week, President Yoweri Museveni, embarked on the second leg of his countrywide Wealth Creation tour by heading to West Nile subregion. The first leg was last month in Acholi. The President has, in every term in office, embarked on such tours. The last such tour was in 2019 when I…
Military,Police Raid 184 Electronics Shops In Kampala Arcades, 230 Thieving Traders Arrested
The police and sister security agencies has conducted a total of 11, separate but well conducted raids targeting stolen items within the Kampala Metropolitan area. The raids covered 184 shops and yards that were selling suspected stolen items. 230 arrests and several recoveries were made. The operations were based on intelligence, following several thefts from…
Military Spy Chief Warns UPDF Legal Officers Against Bribing For Juicy Slots
UPDF’s Deputy Chief of Defense Intelligence and Security, Brig. Abdul Rugumayo has challenged legal officers to desist from soliciting for deployment opportunities, but rather focus on career growth. While presiding over the pass out of legal officers at the legal training center-LTC in Jinja City on Saturday, Rugumayo argues that, opportunities await only for those…
Military Siege Electoral Commission As Bobiwine Meets Justice Byabakama Over Brutality
Uganda Police and military deployed heavily around Kampala city as National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential Candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert was meeting Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama and his team. The meeting came after Bobiwine suspended presidential campaigns citing excessive security brutality against his supporters. Bobi Wine’s official car was destroyed when he approached Jinja…
Military Police Boss Nabasa Orders Officers To Adopt Modern ICT Skills To Fight Criminality
Maj Gen Don Nabasa,the Commandant of the Military Police has rallied officers to adopt Information and Communication Technology-ICT skills and related modern technologies in the fight against criminality. He made the call while passing out 113 officers sourced from different units of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces- UPDF, after completing six months of training in…
Military Police Boss Brig.Bainomugisha Cautions Soldiers Against Prostitutes,Alcohol Addiction
Brig. Gen. William Bainomugisha, the commandant of the Military Police Brigade, has urged soldiers to be agents of change in their respective units. He made this call on September 19, 2023, while addressing the pass-out ceremony of soldiers from various Military Police units who were undergoing a three-week ideological orientation course at the Military Police…
Military Police Assaults Journalists Covering Bobi Wine’s Petition Presentation At UN Offices
Military police soldiers have attacked and brutalized journalists while covering National Unity Platform President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi petitioning United Nations office of Human Rights. The injured journalists have been identified as Irene Abalo of the Daily Monitor, John Cliff Wamala of NTV, Timothy Murungi of the New Vision and Joseph Namakumbi of Bukedde news paper.…
Military Bases Attacked By M23 Rebels In DR Congo
Several army positions have come under attack by March 23 Movement (M23) rebels since early Monday in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local security sources. M23 rebels have launched several attacks on positions of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) in the Rutshuru territory, north of Goma, capital of North Kivu province,…
Military Arrests Detained Gen. Tumukunde’s Two Sons
Uganda Police have arrested two sons of Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, the former Minister for Security, who two days ago, was arrested by a combination of army and police operatives. Multiple sources on Sunday said that Mr Philip Tumukunde and Mr Amanya Ndahura Tumukunde, were on Saturday night picked from their home in Kololo…