The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) H.E Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has officiated at the commissioning ceremony of Young Officer Cadets, at the Uganda Military Academy—Kabamba (UMAK) in Mubende District. The Young Officer Course Intake 04 2019/2020, had a total of 613 Young Officer Trainees…
Police on Tuesday recovered a bomb that had been abandoned in Bugema ‘A’ village, Bukasakya Sub- County in Mbale district. Elgon region Police Spokesperson, Robert Tukei said the explosive device was discovered by the local community who alerted Police and bomb experts from Bugema army barracks. “It’s true the suspected bomb was recovered in Mbale…
Two chief body guards of Lt. Gen Peter Elwelu, the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) Commander Land Forces have been arrested after The Capital Times ran a story that 3-star general had run mad and was put on specialized medication under the watchful eye of UPDF Medical team. The UPDF spokesperson Brig. Richard Karemire on…
The Inspector-General of Police, Martins Okoth Ochola has ordered all installed CCTV cameras to be in operational after a fatal accident that claimed Ritah Nabukenya’s life. Ochola’s directive followed police’s failure to provide footage of an accident which the police say was caused by a motorcycle trying to overtake a police patrol vehicle hence ending…
At least 261 police officers attached to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have been withdrawn on orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Martin Okoth-Ochola. Police Spokesman, Mr Fred Enanga confirmed the development on Monday. He told journalists that the IGP wrote to the acting KCCA Executive Director, Mr Andrew Kitaka, a month…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has refuted allegations of their top Officer being critically mentally ill and secretly bedridden. This followed yesterday’s story published by this very website after learning from a close relative that Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu had run mad and is being secretly held at his private residence in Bombo as…
Atleast 53 police officers drawn from Kampala Metropolitan and CID headquarters, Kibuli were Thursday been trained in money laundering and financial crimes at CID headquarters in Kibuli. The course was being facilitated by the Standard Chartered Bank. During his opening remarks, the deputy Director Human Resource Development SCP Felix Ndyomugyenyi, noted that money laundering and…
Anxiety has engulfed the people of Rwenzururu kingdom after receiving scanty information that one of the deadly Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces ‘UPDF’ commander for Land Forces Lt. Gen Peter Elwelu has been attacked by a strange yet to be known disease. According to information that TheCapital Times has exclusively ascertained from UPDF’s land forces headquarters in…
A pilot who was in charge of a chattered helicopter for the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga took the wrong route, ending up in a completely different destination than he should have landed. The pilot identified as Mupaapa Isma was supposed to fly the speaker to Kazo District in Western Uganda. Kadaga was an invited…
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira has handed over recovered weapons to the Somali National Security Adviser Abdisaid Muse Ali in a function at the sector one headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia. The weapons were recovered from Alshabab terrorists over time by the Ugandan troops…
