Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Kisoro Mr Dan Ndikumwami has clarified that Security is not involved in forcing people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Ndikumwami explained that Security alongside health officials have simply doubled their efforts in sensitizing the public towards the importance of getting vaccinated. The response followed growing concerns from the public…
The joint security agencies are conducting investigations to establish the motives of the people who are behind violent attacks of security personnel who are on lawful duty and robbing their guns. According to Police, six security personnel have been attacked in the last four months where four police officers have been killed and their guns…
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) and Congolese Forces forces have confirmed this through a statement. The capture of 34 Allied for Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in joint military operations against the IS-liked terrorist movement in Eastern DRC happened at the close of the week when the forces advanced on the camps occupied by the…
The UPDF Engineering Unit has started opening impassable roads in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The road from Mukakati, where the UPDF has set up an operating base has been in an appalling state. Two weeks ago, the UPDF, in a joint operation with DRC forces, launched a series of strikes…
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has condemned the decision by the United States government to impose financial sanctions against Major. General Abel Kandiho, the Chief of Military Intelligence. In a statement released on Tuesday, UPDF spokesperson Brig. Gen Flavia Byekwaso said they are disappointed as a force and therefore will be seeking clarification from…
The Chief of Uganda’s Military Intelligence Maj Gen Abel Kandiho has been slapped with sanctions by the US government. In previous target sanctions, targeted leaders in Uganda were banned from traveling to US, their properties and bank accounts frozen and also their family members denied any visas among other restrictions. Meanwhile, the Washington uses the…
Finally, Uganda launched military strikes on the positions of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) inside the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It happened sooner than expected and caught some by surprise. Even when the spokesperson of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF), Brig. Flavia Byekwaso tweeted on the morning of Nov. 30 about the pre-dawn…
Forty three newly appointed Grade One Magistrates have been deployed and seven other Judicial Officers transferred, according to changes announced by the Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu. The deployed judicial officers were appointed in October this year following a recruitment process by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) chaired by Justice Benjamin Kabiito. The new appointments…
The Congolese Bishop of Butembo and Beni Catholic diocese Monsignor Sikuli Paluku has appealed to the Congolese people to support a coalition of DR Congo and Uganda armies conducting operations in North Kivu to eliminate ADF terrorists operating in the Eastern part of this country. Monsignor Sikuli Paluku, was speaking during yesterday Sunday service in…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has asked government to present to Parliament a comprehensive report on its foreign deployment of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). This followed a matter raised by Hon Jonathan Ebwalu (Indp. Soroti West Division) about the presence of the UPDF in Somalia. Ebwalu said Parliament approved deployment of…
