The Joint Staff Health Services, Major General Dr Ambrose Musinguzi, has called on medical personnel at the UPDF National Referral Hospital to uphold professionalism, discipline, and teamwork as the facility positions itself as a leading centre of healthcare excellence in Uganda and the region. Speaking during the Chief of Defence Forces’ end-of-year dinner and team-building…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Battle Group 45, serving under the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), has reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with Somali security forces to strengthen joint operations against Al-Shabaab and enhance civilian protection. This commitment was underscored during a meeting between the Battle Group 45 Commander,…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has officially handed over more than 40 Quick Impact Projects to communities across six districts in the Kigezi sub-region as part of activities commemorating the 45th anniversary of Tarehe Sita. The projects, covering education, health, sanitation, transport and other community infrastructure, were implemented under the Tarehe Sita theme: “Defending…
A total of 152 Junior Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force (UPDF) have begun a four-month training course at the Lugore Training School under the UPDF 4 Infantry Division in Gulu District. Officially opening the course, the Division Commander Maj Gen Felix Busizoori, commended UPDF leadership for decentralising training programmes to formations…
In 2017, Hussama Ayebazibwe was just trying to survive. A SIM card hawker for Airtel, struggling to make ends meet, he lived hand to mouth with his young family in Kitala, along Entebbe road. That year, his wife was pregnant with their second child, a pregnancy that would test his faith, his courage, and ultimately…
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, today held a meeting with His Excellency Matthias Schauer, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Uganda. The meeting serves as a reaffirmation of the longstanding bilateral relations between the Republic of Uganda and the Federal Republic…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), through the Joint Staff Political Commissariat, engaged over 400 university and tertiary students from the Kigezi sub-region, urging them to embrace patriotism, ideological clarity, wealth creation and peaceful participation in the country’s democratic processes. The engagement, held as part of activities marking the Tarehe Sita Defence Forces Week ahead…
Our attention has been drawn to a news story recently aired by NTV – Uganda which, through its framing and reporting, significantly distorted a message intended for public safety and national stability. We wish to state categorically that the framing presented by the NTV reporter, implying that threats of violence were issued against voters is…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has handed over 44 rehabilitated boreholes to communities in Amuru and Nwoya districts, urging residents to use the facilities responsibly to ensure equitable access and long-term sustainability. The boreholes are part of Quick Impact Projects implemented to commemorate the 45th Tarehe Sita anniversary celebrations. The handover ceremonies were conducted…
His Excellency, the President and Commander-In-Chief of the UPDF, General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations (CDF/SPASO), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba to immediately dissolve landing sites committees on all the lakes in Uganda on account of the controversies surrounding them among the fishermen. New committees…