All posts tagged "UPDF"
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1.4KEast AfricaUPDF troops boost intelligence capabilities in Somalia to tackle emerging threats
Mogadishu, Somalia: Fifteen personnel from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under United Nations Guard Unit Eleven (UNGU XI) have completed...
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1.1KNationalUganda supports Salva Kiir’s Gov’t in emergency humanitarian aid operation
Juba, South Sudan: The Uganda People’s Defence Air Force (UPDAF) has conducted multiple emergency airdrops of humanitarian aid to severely affected areas...
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2.2KBig StoryLIST: Elwelu, six other UPDF Generals documented for retirement
Kampala, Uganda: Seven Generals of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) have been cleared by the army to retire later this year,...
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1.9KBig StoryBobi Wine hits back at UPDF over accusations against German Ambassador Schauer
Kampala, Uganda: Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, Saturday strongly condemned what he termed as a “retaliatory attack” by the...
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1.5KBig StoryUganda accuses German Ambassador Mathias Schauer of illegal, clandestine activities
Kampala, Uganda: The Ugandan Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA)Friday accused the German Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Mathias Schauer, of engaging...
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1.5KBig StoryUPDF Amendment Bill wants military trial of civilians reinstated despite Supreme Court ruling
Kampala, Uganda: The government has tabled the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2025, seeking to restore the trial of civilians in...
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1.1KEast AfricaUPDF Commander rallies troops on discipline, morale and vigilance in Somalia
Somalia: The Commander of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) under the United Nations Guard Unit XI (UNGU XI), Lt Col Peter...
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1.4KNationalUPDF’s High Command, Defence Council Discuss Uganda’s Security And Regional Stability
Entebbe, Uganda: The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) High Command met on Wednesday at State House, Entebbe, followed by the Defence Council...
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1.0KNewsUPDF troops sharpen lifesaving skills under UN Training in Somalia
Somalia: Seventy-nine personnel from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU) in Somalia have completed...
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1.7KNationalCDF Muhoozi appoints Brig Gen. Bagonza as new UPDF Chief of Staff
Kampala, Uganda:– Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has appointed Brigadier General Chris Bagonza as the new Chief of...
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2.1KBig StoryUPDF breaks silence on Lubowa Police raid, says it was ‘simply a failure of coordination’
Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has opened up on the alarming incident at Lubowa Police Station in which its...
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2.3KNewsCDF Muhoozi appoints new commandants for UPDF Elite Training Colleges
Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has appointed Brig. Gen. Alex Opolot Olupot as the new Commandant...
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1.3KNewsGen Museveni okays retirement of ex-IGP Kayihura, 10 other Generals from army
President Yoweri Museveni has approved the retirement of former Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura and 109 other UPDF officers from...
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1.0KCrimeUPDF officer on the run after setting house on fire with four occupants
The group under the officer's command set ablaze houses on the disputed land where properties got burnt and stole 3 goats and...
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1.8KNationalUPDF speaks out on ADF attack on Kasese school, confirms 37 deaths
UPDF said 37 bodies of students had been recovered following the 11:30pm raid on Friday at Lhubiriha Secondary School in Nyabugando Parish,...
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1.3KCrimeSuspected cattle rustler in UPDF uniform gunned down in Moroto
According to Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson, the security patrol team encountered the warrior, who was wearing a bed...
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1.4KNational
Bodies of Ugandan soldiers killed in Somalia attack return this week
In an interview yesterday, UPDF and Defence Spokesman, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, said the bodies of the slain soldiers will be flown...
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1.1KCrimeUPDF soldier shoots football coach dead in Agago
The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, May 31, 2023, at approximately 6:00 pm. when Omol was conducting a training session with his...
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1.7KCrimeUPDF Soldier stabbed to death in Kabale, two arrested
Private Byamukama was stabbed with a sharp object in the stomach and was rushed to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, only to be...
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2.5KBig StoryUPDF finally hands over Sabiiti’s body to family for burial
On Monday, the body was officially released to Sabiiti’s family in Kabarole district, culminating a 21-day period of waiting and uncertainty.
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1.9KBig StoryTwo weeks later, Sabiiti’s body still held by UPDF over ‘investigations’
The UPDF spokesperson, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye says the army is still investigating the motives and circumstances surrounding Sabiiti’s death, and his...
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2.0KNewsMuseveni shifts blame to UPDF over Minister Engola’s death
The president urged mourners not to reduce the cause of death of the late Minister to low pay in the army, adding...
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1.3KNationalUPDF recruits warned against corruption, indiscipline
While presiding over the pass-out ceremony of 317 officers at the Non-Commissioned academy in Jinja Main barracks, Lt Gen Peter Elwelu the...
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Man, 30, shot dead after disarming UPDF soldier
OTUKE, UGANDA: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers have shot dead a man in Otuke District who allegedly stabbed their colleague...