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…
The Commander Land Force, Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga has reminded troops of the 5 Infantry Division that the historical mission of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces is to support the socio-economic transformation of Uganda and in particular execute its the core functions as contained in Article 209 of the Uganda Constitution. He said this during…
The Deputy Commander of Land Force (D/CLF) of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Francis Takirwa has inspected the construction of housing units under 3 Division in Eastern Uganda. Gen Takirwa who was received and briefed by Brig Gen Felix Busizoori inspected projects at 403 Brigade headquarters, Napak district and School of Field…
On 13th April 2023 at around 0400 hours Joint Security Forces conducted a cordon and search operation in Loputuk, Odera parish in Panyangara Sub-county, Kotido District where one well-known notorious and profiled warrior in the name of Lopusi Tom and was put out of action. Security forces have been trailing him since he was enlisted…
Uganda’s Defence Advisor to Federal Republic of Somalia, Brigadier General Francis Chemo and Sector One Contingent Commander, Brigadier General Peter Gaetano Omola, on Sunday 9th April, 2023 inspected UPDF troops working under African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) based in Arbiska Forward Operating Base (FOB) 30kms North East of Mogadishu city. The purpose of…
Residents in Bariire town, Somalia embraced the free medical services that were offered by Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia in collaboration with Bancroft Global Development under the umbrella ‘Give to the World’ charity organization, to receive medical treatment. Over 221 women, children and the elderly with different ailments…