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UPDF Officer Sentenced To 40 Years Over Murder
The Fourth Division Military Court Martial has sentenced a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier to 40 years in jail for the murder of a civilian on Christmas Day at Bondo Military barracks in Arua district. Court presided over by the fourth Division Military Court chairman Col. George Nambafu, sitting at Bondo Army secondary school…
UPDF Officer Jailed 90 Years Over Murder Of Two Civilians
Private Lotukei Paul attached to Bukara army dettach, 06 Mountain Battalion 222 Mountain Brigade has been sentenced to 90 years imprisonment. This was after the Mountain Division Court Martial Sitting at Muhoti Barracks in Fortportal, found him guilty of two counts of murder contrary to sub section 188 and 189 of the penal code act…
UPDF Officer Col. Nyakaisiki Carol In Trouble For Allegedly Conniving With Judicial Officers To Frustrate Widow, Grab Late Brother’s Property As Widow, Orphans Languish
Lt. Col. Nyakaisiki Carol Basalisa, who is involved in a bitter property wrangle with her relatives, has landed in hot soup after it emerged that she is using her position as a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to intimate and take advantage of the people she is supposed to help. Controversy arose about how…
UPDF Officer Arrested Over Misconduct, Torturing Civilian
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have arrested its serving army officer after a video of him slapping a civilian went viral on social media. “UPDF has noted with concern a circulating video of one of our soldiers acting out of order against a civilian,” said army spokesperson Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso on Thursday. https://twitter.com/OgwangChaudry/status/1420658727842160641?s=20…
UPDF Must Conquer Africa Like Napoleon Bonaparte-Min.Mwesige Tells Commanders
Min.Adolf Mwesige speaking The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) / UPDF has closed a two-day trategic planning retreat at its headquarters in Mbuya that aimed at reviewing its budget performance for the Financial Year (FY) 2018/19 and forecasting its priorities for the FY 2019/20. While opening the retreat, the Minister of Defence and…
UPDF Mourns Fallen Bush War Hero Brig. Bell Tushabe
Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has lost another Strong pillar just days after losing Gen Kasirye Ggwanga. The UPDF Deputy Spokesperson Lt. Col Deo Akiiki revealed that Brigadier Jackson Tushabe Bell passed on in the wee hours of Tuesday June, 30, 2020 at Nakasero Hospital where he has been battling with multiple organ failure Bell…
UPDF Mesmerizes Rwandans With Mighty Peacekeeping Capabilities During Field Training Exercise
Uganda’s participants in the upcoming 13th Field Training Exercise, “Ushirikiano Imara,” have been urged to demonstrate the country’s capabilities in peacekeeping missions fully. The participants are currently undergoing an induction exercise at the Non-Commissioned Officers Academy in Gaddafi Barracks, Jinja. The 13th East African Field Training Exercise, scheduled to take place in Rwanda in June,…
UPDF Mesmerize Moscow In Russia Army Games
Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers are in the Russian capital Moscow to participate in the 2019 Fifth Anniversary International Army Games. The event has been happening every year since 2015 with over 30 countries taking part in a number of games. UPDF spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire, said the games aim at strengthening friendship, fellowship…
UPDF Medical Team Rushes To Kigali To Treat Ailing Citizens
UPDF soldier examining a patient The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces’ (UPDF) medical team is in the Republic of Rwanda to participate in the rotational Second Edition of the Eastern Africa Community (EAC) Armed Forces Civil Military activities from 28th June to 4th July 2019. Both the UPDF and Rwanda Defence Forces’ (RDF) medical teams,…
UPDF Marines Kill Two Fish Dealers,Injure 12 Residents
Soldiers attached to Fisheries Department on Sunday shot and killed two people as well as injuring 14 others. The soldiers, according to the report, fired live bullets while chasing fishmongers in Tooro Semliki game reserve. Police Spokesperson for Rwenzori West region, Lydia Tumushabe, told Daily Monitor one person was shot in the head while another…