Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (WSACCO) has demonstrated its commitment to corporate social responsibility by donating a state-of-the-art Public Address System to the 3 Infantry Division. During the monthly baraza meeting on Monday, 5 August, at the 3 Infantry Division Headquarters in Moroto, Brig Gen Wilberforce Sserunkuma, Deputy Division Commander, received the donation…
Maj Gen Richard Otto, Commander of the Mountain Division, launched a tree planting campaign at the Division’s headquarters in Muhoti Barracks, Fort Portal City, Kabarole district, today. The initiative aims to support the government’s strategic programme to enhance the environment. The campaign, which commenced within the barracks, targets the planting of 10,000 trees in…
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, chaired the inaugural meeting of the steering committee for the General Aronda Nyakairima Memorial Lecture at the Special Forces Command (SFC) headquarters in Entebbe. The meeting was attended by senior Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) officers, including Lt Gen James Mugira, CEO of the National…
Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda, former UPDF Chief of Joint Staff, reminded all men and women in uniform (UPDF, Police, and Prisons Service) to maintain their spiritual connection with God for the success of their earthly missions. He made this remark while officiating at the Armed Forces Prayer Breakfast at All-Saints Cathedral Church of the Resurrection…
The African Confederation for Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) has recognised Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (WSACCO) as a model SACCO in Uganda and one of the top ten fastest-growing SACCOs in Africa. The recognition was announced by ACCOSCA’s Executive Director, Mr. George Ombado, who led a delegation of the ACCOSCA Board…
The Amnesty Commission commended the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) for their outstanding efforts in restoring peace in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and implementing the Amnesty Act. Mr. Draku Moses, the Principal Public Relations Officer of the Amnesty Commission, addressed the media at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs in Mbuya,…
Fish stocks from Uganda’s water bodies have drastically increased due to the stellar enforcement mechanisms by the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU). This was observed by the Commander of FPU Lt Col Mercy Tukahirwa as she embarked on a three-day (17-19 April 2024) guided and sensitisation tour of fish processing factories in Jinja and…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU), commanded by Lt Col Mercy Adah Tukahirwa, recently destroyed illegal fishing gear worth Shs 423m at Kawongo landing site on Lake Kyoga (Kayunga district). According to Lt Col Tukahirwa, the destruction of seine nets, cast nets, mina filament nets, undersized hooks and gill nets-…
President Yoweri Museveni, also the Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), has presided over the Defence Forces Council at State House, Entebbe. Top on the agenda was the launching of the UPDF Establishment 2021, where the president signed the executive order and received four copies of the UPDF Establishment book. Alongside…
The Government Chief Whip Hon. Denis Hamson Obua, who is currently holding the portfolio of the Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio, has commended the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces for achieving a significant versatile transformation besides guaranteeing peace and security. Speaking at the Senior Command and Staff College (SCSC) Kimaka, Jinja on…