A delegation of 18 Senior UPDF Military Officers from the National Defence College – Uganda (NDC-U) led by Brig Gen Kefa Nangeso, the Acting Head of Faculty and Prof Murindwa Rutanga accompanied by other Senior have today commenced a two-week study visit around the country. The first visit was at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI)…
The UPDF 3rd Division Second in Command Brig Gen Dan Mugisha has today addressed the impending retirees and discharges of 3rd Infantry Division at Bugema Barracks in Mbale during the ongoing MODVA/UPDF retirement documentation and Sensitization exercise. He thanked the officers and militants for the sacrifice, hard work and dedication rendered to the Country during…
The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs / UPDF retirement, documentation and Sensitisation exercise has attended to Personnel of 3 Division area of responsiblity. 112 officers and militants under the Division turned up for the documentation exercise. Col Godfrey Bizibu the most senior at the exercise thanked the MODVA / UPDF leadership for entrusting…
Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs and UPDF Retirement/Discharge documentation and sensitisation exercise for Batch 12 year 2022, under the command of Brig Gen Eugene Ssebugwawo the UPD Deputy Chief of Personnel and Administration today conducted the retirement and sensitization exercise at Jinja Cantonment. A total number of 46 officers and militants under the Cantonment…
The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has commenced a twenty one-day documentation and sensitisation exercise for retirement and discharge UPDF Officers and militants under Batch 12 who are scheduled to retire in July this year. The exercise was launched today at the 1st Infantry Division Headquarters in Kakiri, Wakiso District. A total of 145…
Uganda’s Security Chiefs today received Tanzania’s Chiefs of Defence Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs headquarters in Mbuya. The Chief of Military Intelligence (CMI) Major General James Birungi in his opening remarks talked about resolutions from the bilateral relations meeting held earlier this year in Dar-es-Salaam – Tanzania, when they hosted Uganda…
This year’s 14th Edition of the CDF soccer cup tournament that is played annually on a rotational basis, started today, at Buhinga stadium in Fort Portal tourist city. The soccer tournament comprising of 19 football teams drawn from Divisions, Brigades and independent units, and six netball teams, started with a route match along the streets…
The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Wilson Mbandi met his counterpart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Chief of General Staff, Gen Munsense Celestin today over the “Implementation of the Status of the Forces Agreement (SOFA)” at the Office Building of the Governor of Ituri Province in Bunia, DRC. The two…
255 trainees have today passed out at Masindi Military Police Training School. Comprising of 223 males and 32 females, the trainees have been undergoing a 4-months basic Military Police Course level 3 under intake 14 of 2021/2022. Training commenced on 13th December, 2021 with trainees undergoing different course contents including but not limited to;…
The Africa Transition Mission in Somalia/(ATMIS) Force Commander Lt Gen Diomede Ndegeya has this afternoon applauded the Ugandan Contingent in Somalia for the job well done since their deployment in the mission area. Gen Ndegeya thanked the UPDF not only for its professional conduct, but also for being the lead force in advancing the African…