The Joint Chief of Staff, Major General Leopold Kyanda has challenged Staff Officers on the value of working together as a means of accomplishing tasks at hand. “Overtime, it has been realized that the interaction or cooperation of two or more organisations, institutions, departments or even agencies produce a combined effect that is greater than…
The UPDF 5 Infantry Division Commander Brig in Gen Keith Katungi reminded newly deployed LDUs under 5 Infantry Division to serve their country by protecting its people and their property. He said this during his welcome remarks to the LDUs deployed to serve under 5 Infantry Division at Labwodong Training School in Agago district…
The Joint Chief of Staff of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Major General Leopold Kyanda has re-echoed the importance of political education towards the success of UPDF. Maj Gen Kyanda said this as he led the Chief of Defence Forces units mobilisation drives to interact with officers and men of Special Forces Command at the…
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Soldiers in the 3 Division have been urged to embrace the core values of the National Resistance Army/UPDF, deepen their ideological orientation as means of achieving their constitutional mandate and urged to exercise financial discipline. The message was echoed by the Chief of Defence Forces Unit Mobilisation team as they concluded…
UPDF Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen Peter Elwelu has called upon Officers and Men of the mighty UPDF to continue sacrificing for their motherland Uganda so that future generations live in a peaceful country. He made the call during CDF Mobilisation Exercise at Kabamba Training School. Lt Gen Elwelu is heading…
Officers and Militants at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs and Uganda Peoples Defence Forces strategic headquarters have today held a meeting that focused on deepening ideological orientation with the aim of enhancing the good performance of officers and men of the UPDF. This was during a one-day exercise that was held at the…
The Commander Land Force, Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga has reminded troops of the 5 Infantry Division that the historical mission of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces is to support the socio-economic transformation of Uganda and in particular execute its the core functions as contained in Article 209 of the Uganda Constitution. He said this during…
The Deputy Chief Coordinator, Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) Maj Gen Sam Kavuma has urged troops in the Bunyoro region to reflect on the ethos on which the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces is anchored. Maj Gen Kavuma made the remarks during the Chief of Defence Forces Mobilisation in the region. Maj Gen Kavuma reminded the troops…
Uganda’s President and Commander in Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) H.E Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today presided over the commissioning into flight of the first overhauled Russian helicopter (MI 24) on the African continent South of the Sahara. The ceremony happened at Proheli International Services Limited MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul)…
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces 1 Infantry Division Headquarters, Kakiri Barracks has today received a donation of 2,000 fruit trees from Dr Jibril Owomugisha, the Director of Million Trees International Organisation. Receiving the donation behalf of the Division Commander Brigadier General Joseph Ssemwanga, the Division Administrative Officer, Colonel Emmanuel Muhoozi thanked Dr. Jibril Owomugisha…