The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has learnt with profound shock the demise of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), General Francis Omondi Ogolla, with nine (09) others in a helicopter crash on Thursday afternoon. On behalf of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba and the…
The Deputy Commander Land Forces, Major General Francis Takirwa has today presided over the passing-out parade of 614 soldiers upon completion of the Instruction and Junior Non-Commissioned Officers Course at the Non-Commissioned Officers Academy (NCOA) in Gaddafi barracks, Jinja District. Maj Gen Takirwa implored them to work hard and maintain the success of the…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Marines Brigade today passed out eighty-two (82) trainees who had undergone a four-month Maritime Basic Induction Course at Kalangalo Marine Training School, Wakiso District. The Commander of the Marines Brigade, Brigadier General Michael Nyarwa, commended the trainees for their positive attitude, relentlessness, hard work, and unwavering focus, which…
We have taken note of a video being shared on social media featuring Brig Gen Matthew Gureme, the former Chief of Training and Recruitment in the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), who is currently Uganda’s Defence Liaison Officer at the East African Community Secretariat headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. In the video, Brig Gen Matthew Gureme…