The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Air Force (UPDF-AF) decorated 71 senior and junior officers at a ceremony held at its Entebbe headquarters, following their promotion by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Lieutenant General Charles Okidi, the Commander Air Force presided over the event, where the highest-ranking officer was elevated to Brigadier General and junior officers to…
The Commander Land Force, Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga, has urged newly promoted Generals and Senior Officers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) to maintain discipline, commitment, and hard work to merit further promotion in their careers. While presiding over the decoration of promoted Generals and Senior Officers at the Ministry of Defence and…
The CDF/SPA/SO is pleased to announce the confirmation and promotions of Generals, Senior officers, Junior officers by H.E. the President. We congratulate the Generals and Officers upon well-deserved promotions Alluta Continua.
The Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has promoted the following General officers to the Ranks of Acting Major General in line with the new establishment and their flawless track records of excellent service. Brigadier General Charles Byanyima to Acting Major General. Brigadier General Deus Sande…
Lt Gen Sam Okiding, the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, has called on newly promoted officers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) to work together in the fight against corruption. He emphasised that fighting corruption requires collective responsibility, stating, “It involves serious individuals like you. If we don’t fight it, we shall destroy…
In a recent ceremony at the 10 Marine Battalion Headquarters in Entebbe, Brig Gen Asaph Nyakikuru, the Deputy Commander of the Special Force Command (SFC), urged newly promoted army officers to significantly enhance their dedication and effort in service to the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF).“Promotion is the advancement from the current rank to the…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Air Force decorated 72 newly promoted officers today, at the Air Force headquarters in Entebbe. Lt Gen Charles Okidi, Commander of the Air Force, presided over the ceremony and expressed his gratitude to the Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, Gen (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, for endorsing the promotions. …
Gen Muhoozi Keinerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations has commended the recently promoted senior officers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) for their unwavering dedication and remarkable contribution to national defence. Gen Kainerugaba was today presiding over the decoration ceremony of the promoted Five Brigadier Generals and…
His Excellency the President and Commander in Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces has promoted 898 and confirmed 20 Senior and Junior Officer ranks of the UPDF as follows: Colonel to Brigadier General – 05 Acting Colonel to Colonel …
The Chief of Defence Forces, General Wilson Mbasu Mbadi has challenged the newly promoted Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces officers to remember that promotions come with a heavier load to account to the country and the institution. “As you climb in ranks, it is a climb of the ladder of leadership, a climb of a…