The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander In Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) His Excellence Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni passed out 6237 Local Defence Personnel today at Kaweweta Recruit Training School, in Nakaseke District. This is the fourth Intake of LDPs to be passed out. In his remarks at…
The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has today met the Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uganda His Excellency Fukuzawa Hidemoto at the Ministry Headquarters in Mbuya Kampala. Ambassador Fukuzawa and his delegation had come to pay a courtesy call on Hon Ssempijja and the two expressed mutual determination to…
The Chancellor of Makerere University Professor Ezra Suruma has today delivered a lecture of opportunity to Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Service Chiefs about the usefulness of the Parish Development Model (PDM) in eradicating poverty. This was during a Chief’s Forum held at Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs Headquarters in Mbuya, Kampala. He said the…
Uganda and Kenya have signed an agreement on cooperation in defence and security today at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala. Uganda’s Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja signed on behalf of the Uganda Government. While the cabinet Secretary for defence in Kenya Hon Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa signed on behalf of the…
Today, a Ugandan Joint Security delegation led by the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Moroto, Mr. Wopuwa George William received two guns from the Turkana County Government in Kenya. The two guns were initially seized by the armed Turkana and Matheniko criminal elements during an attack where three Ugandan Geologists and two UPDF soldiers were shot…
MoDVA/UPDF joined the rest of parliamentarians in a special sitting today to mourn and pay tribute to the fallen speaker of the 11th Parliament. The casket was brought to Parliament today morning for viewing by Members of Parliament and the public after which a special sitting was held in his honor in which members eulogized the fallen speaker. The casket…
Representatives from the Governments of Uganda and Kenya have today held a bilateral experts meeting on cooperation in defence and security at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The two-day (5th – 6th April, 2022) meeting aimed at making respective amendments on the earlier draft agreement (February 2022 in Nairobi) by both parties before its adoption upon approval…
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi has today commended the strong bilateral relations and cooperation between the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Burundi National Defence Forces. This was observed during a presentation of the overall security situation of Uganda by UPDF Senior Officers to students from Kinanira – based…
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Wilson Mbadi has today presided over the handover/takeover of the Deputy Commander Airforce from Maj Gen Geoffrey Katsigazi to Maj Gen Charles Okidi and Chief of Staff Airforce from Maj Gen Okidi to Brig Gen David Gonyi at a function held at Air Force headquarters in Entebbe. In…
A total of 62 officers from External Security Organization (ESO) have today been passed out at the Marine Training Wing, Butiaba in Buliisa District after successfully completing a Basic Military Training course. Presiding over the ceremony, H.E the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Gen Yoweri Museveni observed that ideological commitment, technical competence and…