The Chief of Staff – Land Forces, Major General Jack Agonza Bakasumba has said that training is instrumental in building the capacity of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces to intervene and solve situations at different levels and at the right time. “We have to train hard to enhance our capacity and cohesiveness to act…
The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) has today opened the African Integrated Peace Operations Course in Entebbe, Uganda. The Course that has attracted participants from the military, police and civilian components aims to enhance the knowledge and understanding of integrated crisis management approaches as well as collaboration and coordination amongst the different actors. …
The Commandant National Defence College – Uganda, Major General Francis Okello has challenged leaders in Mbale City and Mbale District to play an active role in ensuring security in all the spheres of their lives. “Security is key and touches all our spheres of life and lack of it threatens us physically and our…
The Commandant National Defence College – Uganda (NDC-U) Maj Gen Francis Okello has re-echoed the call for the mechanisation of agriculture as a means of boosting food in Uganda both for local consumption and export given that agriculture is the backbone of Uganda. He made the remarks at Musubi Avocado Farm, Uganda’s leading Avocado…
The Mountain Division Commander, Major General Dick Olum has called upon Local Defence Personnel to be prepared to serve diligently in the different areas of operations under the Mountain Division. Maj Gen Olum made the call today as he presided over the pass out of over 461 Local Defence Personnel (LDPs) who were undergoing…
The Commandant Military Police, Brigadier General William Bainomugisha has appreciated the Uganda Prisons Academy for training soldiers of Military Police in Prisoners Handling. Brig Gen Bainomugisha was today speaking at the Uganda Prisons Headquarters, Luzira during the pass out of 184 Military Police soldiers who were undergoing a one-month course in Prisoners Handling. …
The Chief of Defence Forces, General Wilson Mbasu Mbadi presided over the pass out of fifty-two (52) MI24 attack helicopter engineers who were undergoing thirty-six months of training in various disciplines of electrical, and aircraft/airframe maintenance and twenty-eight (28) officers who were undergoing a six months Officer Basic induction course at the Uganda Air Force…
The Chief of Staff – Land Forces, Major General Jack Bakasumba has commended the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Marine Brigade for the successful engagements in monitoring water bodies during their International missions in Somalia and the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Maj Gen Bakasumba made the remarks today as he presided over the pass out…
A total of forty-one (41) trainees who were undergoing a maritime basic induction course and twenty-six (26) trainees who were undergoing a coxswain course from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Marine Brigade were today passed out at Ntokoro in Mayuge district. The Chief of Training and Recruitment, Brigadier General Matthew Gureme who presided over…
The Commandant Military Police Brigade, Brigadier General William Bainomugisha has called upon soldiers to be agents of transformation in their units. He was speaking at the passing out of soldiers drawn from different Military Police units who were undergoing a three-week ideological orientation course at the Military Police Headquarters in Kampala. He called upon…