Course participants of the National Defence College – Uganda (NDC – U) led by the college Commandant Maj Gen Francis Okello have today been conducted on a guided tour of Tororo Cement Factory, in Tororo district. The North Eastern tour, that has started with Tororo Cement Factory, aims at assessing the contribution of security…
Over 50 able bodied youth and patriotic Ugandans have turned up for recruitment into the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) at Pajar Primary School , Kaabong District. In his briefing to the candidates, the second in command of 3 Infantry Division and team leader four, Brig Gen David Mugisha welcomed the promising candidates. “You…
His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander in Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Gen Yoweri Museveni has today at Makenke Barracks in Mbarara, met with the contingent Commanders, men and Officers of 2nd Division who participated in the operation Shujaa in the DRC. The President commended the UPDF…
Security personnel have identified a man by the names of Umar Ajobe and his two colleagues, a resident of Kikuba Jinja village, Kasana PWD (Public Works, Department) parish in Luweero District to be part of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The residents of the village have overtime been suspicious of Umar because none of…
The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander – In – Chief of the UPDF H.E Gen Yoweri K Museveni vowed to end gun violence in Karamoja Sub-region. “Am here to ensure that we get peace. My aim is to have no raid at all,” said Gen Museveni. The President made these…
Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (WSACCO) has received one of its members Sgt Ssebute Abdul at WSACCO Headquarters in Kiwatule Kampala, after he won the East and Central African boxing championship on 8th April 22. Wazalendo under its Corporate Social Responsibility function sponsored the publicity of the event. This was the second…
The Chief of Defence forces (CDF) of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi has inspected Uganda troops in Somalia working under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Gen Mbadi who visited several Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) including among others Arbiska, Baledogle and Mogadishu Base Camp also held meetings…
The President and Commander-In-Chief of the UPDF H.E Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today urged East African Community (EAC) Armed Forces to continuously promote the integration agenda as a great pillar for the social economic transformation of the region. This remark was contained in President Museveni’s speech which was read by the First Deputy…
