The African Leadership Organisation has honoured the Chief of Defence Forces – UPDF and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations General Muhoozi Kainerugaba with the Special African leadership Award for Defence and National Security Excellence at the 15th African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards ceremony on Saturday evening in Accra, Ghana. The event…
Nineteen soldiers of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) troops serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have completed a six-week Aviation Security (AVSEC) course in Mogadishu. Presiding over the closure of the training, the AUSSOM Sector On Administration Officer Colonel Hamza Kasaija, the AUSSOM Sector One Contingent Administrative Officer who…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force contingent serving under the United Nations Guard Unit in Somalia has marked a change of command, with Lt Col Peter Barigye handing over leadership of UNGU XI to Lt Col Nathan Akankunda, the incoming commander of UNGU XII. The handover ceremony was presided over by the Deputy Special Representative of…