All posts tagged "UPDF"
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8.0KBig StoryGen Museveni promotes 301 UPDF officers, confirms 172 in new ranks
Among the senior-most officers elevated are Ag. Maj. Gen. Joseph Musoke Ssemwanga, who has been confirmed as Major General, while five Brigadiers...
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1.5KBig StoryHow fake intelligence ‘fixer’ gained access to Museveni’s inner circle, usurped powers in security
In the investigation published by The Independent, Stephen Nuwagaba is portrayed as presenting himself as a UPDF brigadier general, a Senior Presidential...
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1.2KBig StoryArmy court denies bail to ex-CMI boss Birungi, frees two officers in treachery case
The former intelligence chief, who previously headed military intelligence before his arrest in August 2025, was jointly charged with several Uganda People's...
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1.2KCourtKatungi wins round one as High Court freezes US extradition process
The interim order effectively freezes extradition proceedings before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate's Court until the High Court determines whether the process...
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5.6KNationalCDF chairs Annual Defence Retreat as UPDF sets 2026/27 strategic agenda
The annual exercise has become an integral part of the ministry's institutional planning framework, helping guide policy implementation, improve accountability and ensure...
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2.1KNationalMuseveni meets DR Congo special envoy over Eastern DRC security
The meeting at Kisozi comes as regional leaders under the East African Community (EAC), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the...
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5.5KNationalOver 20 injured after UPDF truck carrying fresh graduates overturns in Omoro
The soldiers were among hundreds who graduated from Labwordwong Military Training School on Thursday and were being deployed to various military units...
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3.6KNewsMP Jovia Katusiime pushes for UPDF detachment in Bweyale over rising insecurity
Hon Jovia Katusiime argues that establishing a permanent UPDF detachment would strengthen security operations, improve coordination among security agencies, and help deter...
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906Big StoryEx-CMI boss Birungi remanded on treachery charges in ‘cooked’ intelligence reports
Birungi appeared before a panel of the General Court Martial chaired by Brig Gen Richard Tukacungurwa on Monday, nearly one year after...
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1.6KBig StoryMuhoozi says Lukwago to be released to police after ‘wife intervention’
In a series of posts on X on Tuesday, Muhoozi announced that he would hand over Lukwago to police after what he...
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13.6KBig StoryULS demands immediate release of Besigye Lawyer Erias Lukwago from military abduction
In a protest note addressed to Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba Monday afternoon, ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde said Lukwago, who...
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1.4KBig StoryUPDF repatriates Kony wives, children from LRA captivity in Central African Republic
The group was received at the UPDF Airbase in Entebbe after being flown in from Bangui aboard a military-arranged flight coordinated by...
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1.5KBig Story‘No One Is Safe’: Gen Muhoozi warns as ‘Operation Maliza Ufisadi’ gains momentum
In a series of strongly-worded posts published on his official X account on Tuesday, the army chief claimed that the operation had...
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1.1KNationalUPDF passes out 63 signal personnel at 3 Infantry Division
Deputy Division Commander, Brig Gen Allan Kyangungu, commended the UPDF leadership for decentralising the course to division level, saying the localised training...
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929NationalMuseveni praises Gen Muhoozi’s ‘Resistance Roots’ in 52nd birthday tribute
Kampala, Uganda: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has paid tribute to his son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, describing him as a product of Uganda’s...
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1.1KNational43 Ugandan students rescued from Iran amid escalating conflict
UPDF has evacuated 43 Ugandan students from Tehran to Turkey amid escalating conflict in Iran following reported U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, with...
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1.6KBreakingUPDF’s Deputy Commander Land Forces, Maj Gen Francis Takirwa, dies at 61
UPDF Deputy Land Forces Commander Maj Gen Francis Takirwa has died after a stroke-related illness, sending shockwaves through the military and his...
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1.1KBig StoryCDF Muhoozi decorated second-highest military medal at 45th Tarehe Sita
Uganda's Defence Chief, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been awarded the Kabalega Star Medal by President Museveni at the 45th Tarehe Sita celebrations...
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926NationalMuseveni salutes UPDF for ensuring peace, stability during 2026 elections
President Museveni has praised the UPDF for securing the 2026 elections as Uganda marked 45 years of Tarehe Sita with new airport...
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949NewsMubajje assures UPDF of peace, not protest vote as Uganda heads into polls
Kampala, Uganda: The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje, has assured the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces that the Muslim community under...
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1.1KNewsTwo surrender illegal guns as peace efforts continue in Kotido
Kotido District, Uganda: Two residents of Lokitelaebu Town Council in Kotido District have voluntarily surrendered illegal firearms and ammunition to the Uganda...
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975Big StoryUPDF says missing Masaka priest held over alleged subversive activities
Masaka City, Uganda: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have confirmed that a Catholic priest who had been reported missing in Masaka...
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1.6KNationalUPDF assures Ugandans of total peace, security in 2026 elections
By Emmanuel Okol Soroti, Uganda: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has assured the nation of maximum security and stability during the...
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1.3KNationalCDF Muhoozi, EU envoy, hold talks on regional stability, peace operations
Entebbe, Uganda: Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has met with the European Union (EU) Special Representative for the...