The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Honourable Jacob Markson Oboth, today received the outgoing Russian Ambassador to Uganda, His Excellency Vladlen Semivolos, who paid a courtesy call on him at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs headquarters in Mbuya. During the meeting, Hon. Oboth and Ambassador Semivolos held discussions on the longstanding bilateral…
A Russian military delegation visited the School of Defence Intelligence and Security (SODIS) in Migeera, Nakasongola District, to assess the progress of Russian language training for officers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces. The one-year program, the first of its kind in Uganda, includes officers drawn from the Armoured Division, Artillery Division, Special Forces Command,…
A total of 190 students have graduated with diplomas in nursing and midwifery after completing a two-and-a-half-year training at the Defence Forces Institute of Health Sciences in Gaddafi Barracks, Jinja. Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the Joint Staff Formal Education, Sports and Culture in the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, Brigadier General Richard Karemire, described the…