The Chief of Pension and Gratuity Brigadier General Julius Biryabarema has today delivered a presentation on retirement to officers and men of the 1 Infantry Division at the Division Headquarters’ Kakiri Barracks, Wakiso District. Brig Gen Biryabarema informed them that early retirement planning is essential for a successful retirement and reintegration into civilian society…
The Chief of Staff – Land Forces, Major General Jack Bakasumba has commended the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Marine Brigade for the successful engagements in monitoring water bodies during their International missions in Somalia and the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Maj Gen Bakasumba made the remarks today as he presided over the pass out…
Joint security forces and senior leaders in Karamoja Sub region have taken stock of the gains achieved over the past two months following the extension of the amnesty window during a security and community mobilization engagement that was held at Tapach Sub County, Katikekile Parish, Tepeth County in Moroto District. “The general security situation in…
The Chief of Civil-Military Cooperation, Brigadier General Emmanuel Rwashande has said that CIMIC has played an important role in the engagements of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces both in Uganda and in its international engagements in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Somalia and South Sudan. Brig Gen Rwashande made the remarks yesterday…
A total of forty-one (41) trainees who were undergoing a maritime basic induction course and twenty-six (26) trainees who were undergoing a coxswain course from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Marine Brigade were today passed out at Ntokoro in Mayuge district. The Chief of Training and Recruitment, Brigadier General Matthew Gureme who presided over…
The Commander 1 Infantry Division, Brigadier General Joseph Musoke Ssemwanga has urged the newly passed-out combat engineers to maintain discipline if they are to serve and protect the country well. He was speaking during the pass-out ceremony of Level III combat engineers, intake 17/23 at the School of Engineering, Kalama where he represented the Commander…
A delegation of officers from the Army War College Nigeria, Course 7/203, who are on a Geo-Strategic Study Tour in Uganda has today had an engagement with the strategic leadership of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs Headquarters, Mbuya. In his remarks, the Joint Chief of Staff Major…
The UPDF combined armed infantry and Motorized Units, recaptured Bulo Mareer town and the surrounding villages from Al-Shabaab terror group. The rescue combat force met resistance from Al-Shabaab sniper fire positioned in storey buildings and other pockets of resistance from fleeing remnants. Somali civilians who had abandoned the area due to the fire fight…
The Joint Chief of Staff of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Major General Leopold Kyanda has re-echoed the importance of political education towards the success of UPDF. Maj Gen Kyanda said this as he led the Chief of Defence Forces units mobilisation drives to interact with officers and men of Special Forces Command at the…
The Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt Gen Peter Elwelu has hailed Lt Gen Asrat Denero Amad, the outgoing chairperson of the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) for the execution of his work as chairperson and the cordial working relationship he had with Uganda during his time in office. Lt…