It was joy and excitement as locals in Janaale town opened taps and received safe and clean water from the well-built water points. The safe and clean water pumped from one-kilometre African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) Forward Operating Base purified water reservoir, supplies 3000 cubic liters of water daily. The water…
More than thirty homesteads from Bilkeir Internally Displaced Peoples’ camp today have shared consumables for use during Eid Al Fitr celebrations. Items included goats, rice, sugar, cooking oil, liquid soap and others donated by Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under ATMIS (African Union Transition Mission in Somalia) at Marine Gate in Mogadishu city. …
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces operating under the East African Community Regional Force (UGACON-EACRF) for peacekeeping mission has today donated food items to the vulnerable community of Rutshuru territory ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival. The Uganda Contingent in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) delivered Ramadan food packages to the Muslim Communities in a…
The Deputy Chief of Civil-Military Cooperation, Colonel Sam Ntambirwe has today donated an assortment of food items to members of the Muslim Community at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council Headquarters, Old Kampala. Col Ntambirwe appreciated the Muslims who managed to go through the fasting period in the Holy Month of Ramadan and wished them a…
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces in Somalia serving under African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have conducted activities in commemoration of the 42nd Tarehe Sita in Mogadishu and Ceeljaale regions of Somalia. In Mogadishu, UPDF Contingent Commander Brig Gen Peter Gaetano Omola who led the troops to clean Marina Market said, “UPDF values the…
The Mayor of Rushere town council in Kiruhura district, King Martin Kyanyawanga has commended the Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces for the discipline that has been instilled in the soldiers. Mr. Kyanyawanga had to join the UPDF in cleaning the town council as part of the week-long activities to celebrate the 42nd…
Hundreds of people joined Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) 3 Division to launch Forces’ week – Tarehe Sita in Moroto Municipality, Karamoja Sub-region. Brig Gen Joseph Balikudembe the 3 Division Commander led the troops to Moroto Central market, where they were joined by a cross-section of leaders, civil servants, the business community, and market…
Venerable Mwiine Mishaki Kihondwa, the Archdeacon of Nshwere Archdeaconry in North Ankole Diocese has praised the Quick Impact Project extended to Nshwere Primary School in Kiruhura District stating that it will significantly boost the performance of pupils in the school. The eight-staff housing unit block, which includes a 2 stance pit latrine and two bathrooms…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) continues to undertake several civil-military activities like cleaning towns, establishing health outreach camps, sensitizing masses on the need for patriotism, and constructing new or refurbishing old infrastructure, among others, in Ibanda district. This has brought both the military and civilian communities together as the army celebrates its birthday on…
Hundreds of Kazo district residents are flocking to medical camps to receive free medical services provided by the UPDF’s Chieftaincy of Medical Services in the ongoing week-long symbolic activities to commemorate the 42nd Tarehe Sita Anniversary in Greater Mbarara. “The numbers are big because of the trust they have in UPDF,” said Lt Col Dr.…