The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has lauded the Internal Security organization leadership for being among the leading partners in the fight against corruption in Uganda. This was revealed by the Deputy IGG, Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria while delivering a lecture to ISO trainees at Entebbe on the 22nd September 2022. Dr. Achan who was…
The Head, State House – Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU) Brig. Gen. Henry Isoke has on Wednesday September 21, 2022 visited the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) training unit in Entebbe where he presented a lecture on the fight against corruption to the new recruits of the highly secretive but very effective intelligence gathering organisation in the country.…
Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Grace Akullo has bounced back in the police Force after President Museveni renewed her contract. AIGP Akullo, who joined the police in 2001, in a message to her colleagues on July 26, “handed over [the] office of the director of Interpol and international relations” while also “mark[ing] the end…
President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander In Chief of the armed forces has retired 48 generals of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces at a ceremony held at State House Entebbe, Wednesday. General Elly Tumwine, who died last week and was buried on Tuesday was supposed to be the 49th of the retiring generals. Speaking at the…
Military prosecutors are ready to proceed with the trial of Lance Corporal John Nuwagira, who is battling charges of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. Nuwagira is accused of having a sexual affair with the wife of his boss Lt. Robert Turyahabwe. Led by Lt. Alex Rasto Mukhwana, the military prosecutors told the Makindye-based…
President Yoweri Museveni was on hand today to witness the graduation of the 1st batch of the necessary unified forces of the Republic of South Sudan as UGANDA is one of the guarantors of the South Sudan peace deal. This follows the Entebbe Tripartite agreement of November 2019 in which a cessation of hostilities & a…
President Museveni in his capacity as the commander in chief of the armed forces has appointed Brig David Mugisha as the new commander of the Special Forces Command, an elite unit of the UPDF charged with guarding the president and members of the first family. In changes communicated on Thursday afternoon, Brig Mugisha who a…
Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso on Tuesday January 11, 2022, handed over the Office of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Spokesperson to Lt Col Ronald Kakurungu as the Acting Defence Spokesperson. Brig Gen Byekwaso assumed the office in August 2020, as the first female Defence/UPDF Spokesperson in the history of Uganda. Presiding over the Handover/Takeover…
A contract erroneously fixed in the file of Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP Grace Akullo, the former Director of the Criminal Investigations Directorate has led to her ejection from the Uganda Police Force-UPF. Akullo who has been serving as the Director National Central Bureau commonly known as Interpol Uganda handed over office to her deputy,…
The Judiciary has unveiled new bail guidelines aimed at promoting uniformity and consistency by courts while considering bail applications. Launched by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo at the Judiciary headquarters on Wednesday, the new guidelines require courts to consider and dispose of bail applications expeditiously within 30 days from receipt of the application with the intention…
