Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society – (WSACCO) leaders and managers have received risk management and communication training. The two trainings were conducted at WSACCO Head Office in Kiwatule Kampala from 28th – 29th of September 2022. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hon Gen Sam Kavuma while closing the Risk Management training…
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has today passed out students who successfully completed the Engineer Officer Basic Course (EOBC) Intake 03/22 and Engineer Senior Non-Commissioned Officer’s (Engr SNCOs) Course Intake 01/22 at Kalama School of Combat Engineering. While officiating at the closure of the joint pass out ceremony and commissioning of new buildings, the Chief…
The President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander in Chief of the UPDF, HE Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today commissioned 248 Officer Cadets of Intake 04/2022 at Uganda Military Academy in Kabamba (UMA-K), Mubende district. President Museveni also used the same opportunity to officiate at the graduation of 48 Officer Cadets of…
The GoU has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Forensics science university (NDSU) in Gandhinagar Gujarat India today. The MoU was signed by Hon Vincent Ssempijja the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs on behalf of Uganda while professor JM Vyas the vice chancellor of the NFSU signed on behalf of the…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) 3 Infantry Division has partnered with Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and United Nations Human Rights (UNHR) Moroto Office to equip UPDF Frontline troops in South Karamoja with skills in human rights protection. The UPDF team composed of Division Political Commissars, Public Information Officers and Civil Military Cooperation…
The Uganda Military Academy, Kabamba has today received two Toyota Hiace vehicles aimed at supporting the Bachelor of Defence Studies program. The Chief of Training and Recruitment Brig Gen Matthew Gureme said that these will go a long way to ease the transportation of professors and lecturers as they conduct the Degree Program under Makerere…
President Yoweri Museveni commended UPDF for always following his advice and implementing his directives. This was at the pass out for soldiers at the Armoured warfare Training School-Karama Addressing the graduates, he said “you are doing well, you are young people and you should avoid vices like alcohol in order to be successful and serve…
A total of forty-four (44) senior officers of course 17/21 – 22 have today graduated from the Senior Command and Staff College (SCSC), Kimaka in Jinja City. In his remarks, as he presided over the function, the Minister of State for Defence Hon Jacob Markson Oboth congratulated graduands and noted that the only way…
Course participants of the National Defence College – Uganda (NDC – U) in Buikwe district, led by the Commandant Maj Gen Francis Okello, have today successfully completed a one – week study tour of North Eastern Uganda. The tour ended with a visit to Murchison Falls National Park. The team was welcomed and briefed…
Team two of course participants from the National Defence College – Uganda (NDC -U) currently undertaking a field study tour, have today visited Kinyara Sugar Limited in Masindi District. The participants who were led by the College Secretary Brig Gen Simon Ochan wanted to explore the contribution of the factory to the social economic…