The UPDF 3rd Infantry Division Commander, Major General Don Nabasa, has asked elders in Karamojong to discourage youths (Karachunas) from engaging in criminal activities. Gen. Nabasa was on Wednesday, September 27th, 2023, addressing the elders at a peace meeting held at Kaithin Village, Loputuk Sub County, Matheniko County, Moroto District. Nabasa urged elders to mobilize…
The Police Crime Intelligence (CI) task teams carried out operations in Mbale City and Bukedea district from September 17, 2023, to September 19, 2023, where they arrested three ADF suspects highly linked to the attacks on police stations in December 2022. According to a statement made by SCP Enanga Fred, the police spokesperson, on September…
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…
President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander in Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, General (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today commissioned 295 Officer Cadets at Uganda Military Academy, Kabamba, Mubende district. “I congratulate you on finishing the course and I wish you prosperous careers where you are heading. The UPDF has now…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured Ugandans of defeat of the Islamic state linked Allied Democratic Force (ADF). He said that the ADF terrorists are powerless and defeated and that’s why they continue hiding in the Congo jungles and not Uganda. He added that the developments here, where security rounded up the terrorists and recovered…
The Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organization (ISO) Lt. Col. Emmy Katabazi has assured Ugandans in the Diaspora of their investments including land bought back home in Uganda. Katabazi gave the assurance while addressing delegates attending the annual Uganda North American Association (UNAA) convention in Dallas, USA. This followed concerns raised at the…
The Joint Police Team of CT, K9, CI and Territorial Police, that was deployed at Miracle Centre, intercepted a terrorist who had disguised as a churchgoer, and recovered an IED, at the main entrance of the Church, in Kayanja Triangle Zone, Lubaga Parish in Kampala District.. Police spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga revealed that immediately after…
At least 211 commando trainees at Ruhengyere Barracks in Mbarara City have graduated in various skills and tactics acquired during their rigorous ‘Q’ course, successfully making them part of the Commando Brigade of the UPDF. The brigade is a specialised unit that is tasked with carrying out a variety of missions, including counterterrorism, hostage rescue,…
The joint security forces have revealed that they are set to commence forceful disarmament of armed Karamajong youths commonly known as ‘Karacunas’ who have not embraced the presidential amnesty through voluntary disarmament. According to security, despite the ongoing sensitization about the presidential initiative on voluntary firearm surrender without prosecution, the success has been uneven across…
In a bid to maintain law and order, the security forces managed to recover three firearms, including gun number 50292 with 5 rounds, SMG rifle registration number 11253 with 5 rounds, and gun number 38110 with zero rounds, from the South Karamoja region. According to IP Longole Mike the acting Mt Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson,…
