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Detained Gen.Tumukunde Faces Treason Charges

The former Security Minister Lt.Gen.Henry Tumukunde who has been arrested from his home in Kololo Impala Avenue is to be charged with treason case according to security sources. On Thursday evening, a team of Special forces commandos,ISO Operative ,CMI alongside Police CID

March 12, 2020

News·Security

Arrested Gen.Tumukunde Incarcerated At CID Head Quarters Kibuli

Former minister for security Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde has been arrested by a security team comprised of Uganda police, Special Forces Command, JATT alongside ISO operatives. The security operatives first sealed off a road to Nanjing Hotel in Kololo,multi choice Uganda offices

March 12, 2020

Crime·News·Security

Zombo Baracks Attackers Were Mislead By A Witchdoctor – UPDF

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Deputy Spokesperson Lt Col Deo Akiiki, has spoken out on the attack on a detach in Zombo. In the March 9, 2020 statement, Col. Akiiki said that the attackers, who raided a Uganda People’s Defence Forces

March 10, 2020

News·Security

Uganda’s ‘Locust Commander’ Confirms A Successful Battle Against Deadly Locusts

The deputy commander of the Land Forces, Maj Gen Sam Kavuma, has said the locust invasion has been contained. Over the last month, desert locusts have entered Uganda from Kenya, spreading across several districts in Teso, Karamoja, Lango, Acholi and West Nile

March 9, 2020

Crime·News

Policeman Arrested For Shooting UPDF Sergeant

Uganda Police in Rukiga District is investigating circumstances where a police officer is allegedly accused of shooting a UPDF soldier. Sgt David Mperize who was shot in the leg, is attached to the 2nd Division in Mbarara District. According to sources, he

March 9, 2020

News

UPDF Kills 20 Assailants Over Zombo Detach Attack

The army has killed at least 20 people suspected of attacking a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) detach in Zombo town council in northern Uganda today morning. The suspected attackers were killed today afternoon during fierce gunfire with UPDF soldiers who pursued them

March 7, 2020

News·Security

Avoid Slay Queens,Reckless Sex&Alcoholism-M7 Tells UPDF Cadet Officers

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

March 6, 2020

News

Assailants Kill Three UPDF Soldiers,Torch Huts In Zombo

Three Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers have been killed after unknown people attacked a UPDF detach in Zombo town council. According to sources, a group of over 100 civilians armed with machetes, hoes, bows and arrows on Thursday night stormed Oduk

March 6, 2020

News·Security

Lives Saved As Police,UPDF Recover Abandoned Bomb

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

March 4, 2020

News·Security

Breaking: CMI Arrests Gen.Elwelu’s Two Main Body Guards

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

March 3, 2020

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