The Chief of Defence Forces, General Wilson Mbadi has today urged Officer Cadets to embrace and readily avail themselves of progressive training as a means of achieving proficiency of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces. General Mbadi was speaking at the Uganda Military Academy, Kabamba during the closure of the final field training exercise codenamed,…
The ongoing joint operations by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in the general areas of Mwalika Valley were on 10th August 2023 able to rescue three women and three children and put of action one Allied Democratic Forces rebel. The joint forces…
Commanders of the disarmament operation and senior leaders in Kotido and Kaabong Districts have urged Karacunas to embrace the amnesty window. The call was made yesterday in the respective districts as mass security – mobilization for a voluntary approach in the disarmament operation (Usalama Kwa Wote) took centre stage. “As we continuously and directly…
The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi has called upon the staff officers to frugally use the resources they get in order to ensure effectiveness and accountability. He made the remarks during the closure of a four-day retreat of UPDF Political Commissars, Intelligence Officers, Administrative Officers, Public Information Officers, and Regimental Sargent…
The Senior Presidential Advisor – Special Operations, General Muhoozi Keinerugaba has today commissioned a multi-billion apartment and transport workshop at the Land Force General Headquarters in Bomb. The apartments that have been named after the National Resistance Army (NRA) combatant Col Patrick Lumumba, will accommodate over sixteen officers’ families. Gen Muhoozi said Bombo barracks…
The 5 Division Operations and Training Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Musherure today officially opened a one-week refresher course of 104 Non-Commissioned Officers at the Division Headquarters in Acholi Pii, Pader District. The course is aimed at improving combat readiness within forces since they are the immediate supervisors of small units acting as links. Lt…
The Joint Chief of Staff, Major General Leopold Kyanda has challenged Staff Officers on the value of working together as a means of accomplishing tasks at hand. “Overtime, it has been realized that the interaction or cooperation of two or more organisations, institutions, departments or even agencies produce a combined effect that is greater than…
The South West Federal State Minister for Security, Hon Hassan Abdikadir Mohammed, has called upon security forces to unite in order to degrade Al-Shabaab. He made the call during the Barawe District security meeting today held at Hotel Abu. Minister Abdikadir Mohammed reminded the security forces to always consult the Somali Constitution which spells…
The UPDF Chief Political Commissar Maj Gen Henry Masiko and chairperson of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, a body charged with the responsibility of foreseeing all projects undertaken by the UPDF Engineers brigade, has today led a team of Senior Officers to ascertain the readiness of construction works at Entebbe Internal Airport, Kajjansi National Medical…
The Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Team under the Field Engineering Unit of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Contingent serving under the East African Community Regional Force has safely disposed of 18 pieces of assorted unexploded ordinances ranging from rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) bombs, main battle tank bombs, anti-tank bombs, 82-millimetre recoilless bombs, bomb fuses, hand grenade…