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Turmoil: SFC Commandos Storm Juba Amid Rising Tensions

Uganda has dispatched special forces to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to bolster security amid escalating tensions between President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President, Riek Machar. The deployment, confirmed by Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, comes as

March 12, 2025

Security

Busted: Intelligence Foils NUP’s Plan To Protest Over Jailed MP Ssegirinya

The security and intelligence agencies say they have landed into a plan by the opposition National Unity Platform members to riot in the city over the detention of legislator Muhammed Ssegirinya. According to an intelligence source, NUP members are mobilizing people in

October 31, 2021

News·Politics·Security

MPs Task Gov’t To Game Up Intelligence In Fight Against Domestic Terrorism

The back-to-back blasts that have claimed two lives have pushed Members of Parliament to question the thoroughness of the state’s intelligence services, with many calling for the agencies to become more effective. A bomb blast went off in Komamboga in Kawempe Division,

October 28, 2021

Politics·Security

War On Terror: Ugandan Opposition Will Never Undermine Security Capacity To Maintain Nation’s Peace & Stability

The nation has been undergoing a state of anger and confusion for the past three days over the recent bomb explosions that have claimed the lives of at least 2 Ugandans. One bomb went off on Saturday 23rd in Komamboga and another

October 26, 2021

Security

Just In: M7 Appoints Maj Gen Nabasa Military Police Commander

Commander in chief of armed forces, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed former Special Forces chief Maj Gen Don Nabasa as the new Military Police commander. The mini reshuffle on Monday evening has let Nabasa replace Brig Keith Katungi who has now

October 25, 2021

News·Politics·Security

Exposed: NUP’s Leadership& Activists Secret Plot To Frustrate Current Bail Amendment Proposal By Government Leaks

A secret plot by the National Unity Platform leadership ‘NUP’ and activists to frustrate the current bail amendment proposal by government has leaked. A security source has revealed how NUP is now clandestinely planning to harass and attack Members of Parliament in

October 25, 2021

Politics·Security

NUP Distances Itself From Komambogo Bombing, Calls For Swift & Honest Investigation

The National Unity Platform, the biggest opposition political party has distanced itself from the Saturday bombings at Komamboga in Kawempe division, that killed at least one person and injured three others. Speaking today at the party headquarters in Kamwokya, David Lewis Rubongoya,

October 25, 2021

Security

We Can’t Confirm Islamic State Claims On Komamboga Attacks – Uganda Police

Uganda Police Force and sister security agencies have said they can neither confirm nor deny claims that Islamic State terrorist group was responsible for the Saturday bomb blast at Komamboga, a Kampala suburb. The terrorist group claimed it had masterminded the attack

October 25, 2021

Security

MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana Denied Bail Again, Remanded Further

The high court in Masaka has for the second time refused to grant bail to two Opposition MPs Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) and Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West). Ssegirinya and Ssewanyana currently detained over Murder, Terrorism, and Attempted Murder charges were seeking

October 25, 2021

Crime·Security

AMISOM Orders UPDF Leadership To Jail Ugandan Soldiers Who Killed Somali Civilians

After critical investigations into allegations of civilian casualties in Golweyn on 10 August 2021, the Board of Inquiry (BOI) convened by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has established that, regrettably, the seven people killed were civilians and the conduct of

October 22, 2021

Security

Prison Officers Undergo Training To Handle Extremist Inmates

Thirty six Uganda prison personnel are undergoing training on how to rehabilitate and reintegrate extremist prisoners. The training that is being held at Admans Hotel in Entebbe is facilitated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-UNODC, with funding from the

October 20, 2021

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