All posts tagged "Updf"
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286NewsDeputy land forces commander Gen Elwelu calls for vigilance during Christmas season
The Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt Gen Peter Elwelu, has called upon Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) troops in Somalia to...
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357NewsDRC-Uganda: Civilians must be protected during joint military operations, says Amnesty International
As the governments of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) launch a joint military operation against the Allied Democratic...
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5421NewsUPDF soldier faces court martial over killing civilians in Somalia
The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) recommends a court martial for Ugandan soldiers implicated in killing civilians in a battle against...
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377NewsMuseveni says Uganda is now a ‘Super Power’ as he launches homemade armoured vehicles
Chairman High Command of the National Resistance Army Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday launched an Infantry Fighting Vehicle code named CHUI equipped...
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273NewsUganda’s troops in Somalia celebrate Independence anniversary in style
Ugandan troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Saturday celebrated the country’s 59th Independence Anniversary. Uganda contributes both...
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434NewsAnxiety as South Sudan rejects deployment of UPDF along Juba-Nimule Highway
South Sudan has no plans to have Uganda’s national, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) deployed along Juba-Nimule highway to tackle security,...
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515OpEDCHRISTOPHER TUSIIME: Brutal arrests might help kidnapping business to thrive
The continued brutal arrests in the country that normally seem like kidnaps at the start have a serious effects on the lives...
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350NewsUPDF explains alleged terror plot to blow up mourners at Lokech funeral
PADER — Security forces on Thursday arrested a suspected suicide bomber who was allegedly planning to blow up mourners at the funeral...
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645NewsPROFILE: Gen. Pecos Kutesa is dead
KAMPALA — The army has confirmed death of longserving senior officer, Lt. Gen. Pecos Kutesa. UPDF deputy spokesperson, Col. Ronald Kakurungu, confirmed...
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1.2KNewsGen Pecos Kutesa battling for life in Nairobi Hospital days after retiring from active service
NAIROBI —Maj. General Pecos Kutesa is battling for life in Nairobi Hospital, few days after he was sent home by the army....
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803NewsFULL LIST, PHOTOS: UPDF sends home 14 Generals in single shakeup
KAMPALA — The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) will send home 14 Generals in a new military shakeup that will also see...
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4.4K1NewsPHOTOS: Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba visits UPDF detach attacked by Congolese rebels
ZOMBO — The Commander of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Land Forces Lt. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has visited the detach in Zombo...
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652NewsChange of leadership at Kyankwanzi as Gen Kasura hands over to Gen Kisembo
KANKWANZI— The outgoing Director of the National Leadership Institute (NALI)- Kyankwanzi and permanent secretary designate Major General David Kasura officially handed over...
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501NewsGen. Muntu on why he declined ministerial appointment after serving as Army Commander
The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) President Gen. Mugisha Muntu has advised that it is time for the country to rethink the...
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785NewsIt’s time for Museveni to prepare for a smooth transition of power — Gen Tumwine
KAMPALA — Former Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine has said that his first role as a Senior presidential advisor is to ask...
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623NewsMakerere-UPDF roundtable discusses security in development
KAMPALA — The School of Law, Makerere University through its Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) on Tuesday June 15, 2021 hosted...
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744NewsPROFILE: CDF Muhoozi appointed new State Minister for Internal Affairs as Obiga Kania goes to lands
KAMPALA — General David Rubakuba Muhoozi who currently serves as the Chief of Defense Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF)...
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692NewsMUSEVENI: Pigs shot Gen Katumba Wamala, but we already have clues and we will defeat them
KAMPALA — President Yoweri Museveni has condemned in the strongest terms an assassination attempt on the life former army commander Gen. Katumba...
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1.2KNational ArchivesPROFILE: Muhoozi Kainerugaba | Biography, education, facts, Military career, Family, Early life, Muhoozi as commander of SFC, Controversy
Muhoozi Kainerugaba (born 24 April 1974) is a Ugandan military officer. He is a lieutenant general in the Uganda People’s Defence Force...
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611InvestigationsTHREE KILLINGS IN KAMPALA: Reconstruction of Military, police killings on November 18
An investigation by the BBC revealed that in November last year, a truck carrying eight policemen had a mass shooting in the...
