The National Wildlife Anti-Crime Coordination Task Force-NWCCTF is calling for community support in the fight against wildlife trafficking and poaching. The task force was initiated in 2018 and launched in 2020 to promote cooperation and coordination among law enforcement agencies to combat wildlife crime in Uganda. It followed increasing cases of wildlife trafficking and poaching…
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi officiated at the Handover/Takeover of the office of Deputy Commander Land Forces (D/CLF) from Lt Gen Sam Okiding to Maj Gen Francis Takirwa. He also witnessed handover of the office of Chief of Staff Land Forces from Maj Gen Bob Paciesky Ogiki to Maj Gen Jack…
Africa should strive and start a continental media outlet that would promote African interests, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said. He said this while delivering a lecture on opportunities to a visiting delegation of Senior Military Officers from the National Defense College of Kenya led by the Deputy Commandant of the College Major General Kahariri.…
The commander in chief of armed forces President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has transferred Maj Gen Jack Bakasumba from Uganda police back to UPDF as the acting Chief of Staff Land Force. Maj Gen Bakasumba, who has been the chief of joint staff for the Uganda Police, replaces Brig Bob Ogiki, who has been promoted to…
On November 26th, 2022, armed assailants ambushed a joint security patrol in Kapeeka town council, Nakaseke district, and shot dead a UPDF soldier identified as Private Tufeyo Obed. In retaliation, the officers who were on patrol fired back and put out of action two assailants, and one AK-47 rifle was recovered. SCP Fred Enanga, the…
The committee on Defence and Internal Affairs is considering investigating a new firm contracted by the Government to print ‘smart’ and ‘digital’ national identity cards. In 2018, the government entered into a joint venture with Veridos, a German company to set up a printing facility for digital identity documents for a period of 15 years.…
The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola and his security counterparts have tasked all territorial commanders to aggressively respond to gun and machete-wielding attackers targeting police officers, soldiers, guards and security facilities. Ochola, has indicated that he and his colleagues heading other security forces have resolved that commanders should not tolerate shootings, robbery of…
A Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier was gunned down on a Saturday night attack in Kapeeka town,Nakaseke district. According to ministry of Defence spokesperson Brigadier Felix Kulayigye revealed that a UPDF foot patrol was ambushed at 1030hrs in Kikondo cell in Kapeka town council by two assailants armed with one AK 47 rifle. On…
In the wake of increasing attacks on security personnel, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabasaija, has ordered warders and wardresses not to use their mobile phones while on duty. “Staff must not report for duty with phones, for they distract attention and interfere with the level of alertness. The safety and security…
A total of 1,021 boda boda riders have been killed in accidents on Ugandan roads in the past nine months, Traffic Police have said. According to the Traffic Police spokesperson, ASP Faridah Nampiima, the 1,021 riders were killed in a period between January and September in various accidents on Ugandan roads. “Whereas we had 1021…
