MODVA Partners With Makerere University To Develop Climate And Environmental Security Strategy

The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) is taking significant steps toward addressing climate change and environmental security with the development of a Climate Change and Environmental Security Strategy (CCESS), according to the Permanent Secretary of MODVA, Mrs Rosette Byengoma. The update was shared during a consultative workshop between MODVA and Makerere University, held…

UPDF Receives $3 Million Topographic Mapping Equipment From Russia

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) recently received a consignment of topographic mapping equipment worth USD 3 million, donated by the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defence. The equipment was officially handed over at the Special Forces Command (SFC) Headquarters in Entebbe. Major General Sergey Marchuk, head of the Russian Military Specialists’ Office in Uganda, handed…