Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) troops serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) and the United Nations Guard Unit 12 commemorated World Environment Day with a tree-planting exercise and a beach cleanup along the Indian Ocean coastline. This year’s theme, “Inspired by Nature, For Climate, For our Future,” guided activities…
The Special Forces Command (SFC) has received an assortment of maama kits and tree seedlings from members of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) as part of the birthday celebrations of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The donations were made today during visits to selected SFC units, including Nsamizi Military Hospital,…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) engaged in a massive environmental conservation drive in Kigezi sub-region, planting more than 30,000 trees in Kisoro, Kabale, Rukiga, Rubanda, Rukungiri and Kanungu districts as part of the first phase of civil-military activities ahead of the 45th Tarehe Sita anniversary next February. The drive led by Brig Gen Micheal…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) 5 Infantry Division has distributed impounded charcoal to households in Lira City as part of ongoing efforts to enforce the presidential directive against commercial charcoal burning in Northern Uganda. The exercise was led by the Division Commander, Maj Gen Keith Katungi. The charcoal was seized during operations carried out…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Air Force, in partnership with environmentalists and the Entebbe Municipal Council, launched a youth-driven environmental campaign dubbed Students Go Green Initiative at Marines Primary School playgrounds in Entebbe. Held under the theme “Go Green: Each Tree Counts—Plant It, Nurture It, and Protect It,” the initiative seeks to promote environmental…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has promoted tree planting as part of the 17th edition of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Cup activities in Masaka. The exercise, held in Kijjabwemi, brought together the UPDF and local residents in a joint effort to protect the environment. Major General Deus Sande, Commander of the Armoured…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Mountain Division in Fort Portal, Kabarole District, has intensified its environmental conservation efforts by launching the second phase of its tree planting campaign in partnership with the Natural Resources Defence Initiative (NRDI), a local non-governmental organisation. Building on the first phase, which saw 500 trees planted around the barracks,…
The Military Police has launched its inaugural Environmental Day with a major tree planting drive at Buyala Nsujju Mporwe Barracks in Mpigi District, setting the stage for what will become an annual tradition across all its formations every 1 June. Presiding over the event, Commandant of the Military Police Brigade, Brigadier General William Bainomugisha, underscored…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has released nine trucks impounded for the illegal transportation of charcoal, in line with a presidential directive issued in May 2023 to combat environmental degradation and insecurity in Northern Uganda. During a stakeholder engagement at Lira Military Barracks, Maj Gen Keith Katungi, Commander of the 5 Infantry Division, delivered…
The Director of Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC), Brig Gen Michael Kibuye, has commended the Million Trees International Organisation (Greening Uganda Campaign) for donating an assortment of indigenous trees for planting during the upcoming Tarehe Sita celebrations in the Greater Masaka Sub-Region. While receiving the donation of 150,000 tree seedlings at the Ministry of Defence and…