Uganda’s Third Deputy Prime Minister Rt Hon Lukia Isanga Nakadama has today flagged off the 12th Edition of the EAC Armed Forces Field Training Exercise, Ushirikiano Imara 2022, at Gaddafi barracks, in Jinja district. In her remarks, Hon Nakadama noted that the region is facing multiple security challenges and crises including armed conflict, environmental disasters,…
The Exercise Director of the 12th Edition of EAC Armed Forces Field Training Exercise “Ushirikiano Imara” 2022, Maj Gen Don Nabasa has today visited functional cells or camps for all the EAC Armed Forces participants in Jiinja, Buikwe and Mayuge Districts. The visit was aimed at checking the readiness and preparedness levels of the participants…
The UPDF Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence Brig Gen Abdul Rugumayo has today reminded participants at the ongoing 12th EAC Armed Forces Field Training Pre – Exercise Clinic at Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability Center that terrorism remains a major threat to the security of all the EAC Partner States. “Terrorism is making the world…
Commanders of the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) recently conducted a two – day (30 – 31May) work shop at Rider Hotel in Mukono. The workshop aimed at addressing and increasing compliance in licensing of fisheries activities. The workshop therefore designed a participatory licensing strategy that can be implemented to enhance the fisheries…
The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander in Chief of the UPDF H.E Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today passed out 2593 Local Defence Personnel at Olilim Training School, Palam Sub County, Ngariam County in Katakwi District. President Museveni, in his address, expressed his happiness at the fact that the graduates volunteered to…
The commandant of the National Defence College (NDC- Uganda) Maj Gen Francis Okello has today met with leaders and students from the National Defence College of India. The Indian delegation was led by the college secretary Brig AK Pundir during their visit of the Buikwe-based NDC-U. It was composed of representatives from different…
The Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has today met the Ethiopian Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Alemtsehay Meseret at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs Headquarters in Mbuya in bid to further tighten the relations between the two friendly sister countries. During the meeting, Hon. Ssempijja and H.E Meseret…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces yesterday hosted the Indian High Commissioner to Uganda and 62nd students in take from the National Defence College, New Delhi, India at the Ministry Headquarters, Mbuya. The student officers are in Uganda for a study tour of the security of the country. In his remarks, the Minister of…
A delegation from the Republic of South Sudan has today visited the UPDF General Military hospital at the Land Forces Headquarters in Bombo, Luweero district. The delegation included South Sudan Peoples’ Defence Forces (SSPDF), South Sudan Ministry of Health, South Sudan AIDS Commission and the Research Triangle Institute of South Sudan. It’s headed by…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) Sector Commanders are attending a two-day workshop at Ridar Hotel in Seeta – Mukono district. The workshop organised by the Responsible Fisheries Business China Project, aims at designing a participatory licensing strategy that can be implemented to enhance the fisheries output for the coming years.…