Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces has carried out a demolition exercise at Karama Demolition Ground. The demolition exercise was aimed at demolishing the unwanted explosive ordinances and weapons, those that were used and did not explode as well as the old ones. Brig Gen Solomon Amanya, the chief responsible for Military equipment who represented the Chief…
Uganda’s Counter terrorism team is on high alert the recent arrest of one of Kenya/America’s most wanted terrorist, Abdikadir Mohammed Mahat. Following Mahat’s arrest, Uganda is on high alert.This comes after plans to attack Owino Market, State House Nakesero, Serena Hotel and Mulago Hospital among other sensitive places. To this, Counter Terrorism Director Abas Byakagaba…
Former Presidential candidate, Maj Gen Benon Biraaro, will be buried on Sunday with military honours. Biraaro died of colon cancer on Wednesday at Kampala hospital. His cousin Arthur Tumwine revealed that the army had offered to honour Maj Gen Biraaro, who participated in the National Resistance Army (NRA) war, which brought President Museveni to power…
Five hundred ninety soldiers have graduated from the Non-Commissioned Officers’ Academy (NCOA) at the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) Gadaffi Garrison. The Chief of Staff Land Forces, Maj Gen Leopold Eric Kyanda presided over the pass out ceremony of 467 militants who completed six months Senior Non-Commissioned Officers’ (SNCO) Course Intake 16/19-20 and 123 who…
Exporting labour is perhaps one of the most delicate undertakings any country can indulge in, especially if its policy makers appreciate it from the purview of a quick fix to the biting unemployment ravaging impoverished countries in the third world. It is, for all intents and purposes, modern day slavery euphemisms as human trafficking and…
Former Uganda Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has on Thursday February 6, 2019 caused quite a stir after turning up in Nakaseke district for UPDF Tarehe Sita celebrations. Mbabazi was given a thunderous welcome at Butalangu grounds from the long awaiting crowd. The rare appearance also earned him a salute from the men in uniform who…
Four suspects jointly charged with the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Gen Kale Kayihura for aiding and abetting the kidnap and illegal repatriation of Rwandan refugees, have applied for bail before the General Court Martial. They include; former Deputy Commandant of the Professional Standards Unit (PSU), SSP Richard Ndaboine, ASP Patrick Muramira, ASP Jonas…
The Arua based UPDF Units under the Command of Col Jackson Kayanja the Brigade Commander 409Bde, kicked off the celebrations to mark Terehe Sita in Arua by leading the force in cleaning of Arua city and other outreach programs. The exercise was flagged off at the Mayor’s Gardens and moved to the regional referral hospital…
A requiem mass for deceased UPDF air force pilot Maj. Naomi Karungi got underway Thursday at Church of the Resurrection in Bugolobi. Karungi perished in a military jet accident that happened on Tuesday along with her co-pilot Cadet Pilot Benon Wakalo. On Wednesday, the army launched investigations into what could have caused the Jet Ranger…
Rwanda president Paul Kagame has told diplomats in Kigali that he is not about to tell his citizens to return to Uganda because he has no control over their safety outside their home country. Addressing more than 60 diplomats at the home of the Presidency in Kigali on Wednesday evening, Kagame said there were still…
