The Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has appointed Maj General Felix Busizoori, the new Deputy Commander of the Land Forces, in a new reshuffle of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) command. The UPDF acting PRO, Col Chris Magezi has made the revelation in statement posted […]
The Chief of Defence Forces UPDF and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations (SPA/SO), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has appointed Brig Gen Asaph Mweteise Nyakikuru the acting Commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC). Brig Gen Nyakikuru’s appointment who has also been granted the acting rank of Major General, was announced on Monday by the UPDF […]
Government has repatriated two wives of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, along with three of his children from Bangui, the Central African Republic (CAR). According to the Acting UPDF Spokesperson Col Chris Magezi, the wives, one Ugandan and another, a South Sudanese were received at the UPDF Airbase in Entebbe on Friday. […]
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has released Brig Gen Johnson Namanya from detention following a meeting between the two Generals. According to the acting Spokesperson of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Col Chris Magezi, Brig Gen Namanya was cleared of all allegations that had been levelled against him and is soon […]
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has dismissed a recent United Nations (UN) commission of inquiry report that accused its troops of helping South Sudan launch airstrikes that killed and severely burned civilians last year. The UPDF acting Director Defence Public Information officer Col Chris Magezi, has in a statement underscored that the forces deployment […]
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Acting Director Defence Public Information Col Chris Magezi, has revealed that the recently deployed Military Police soldiers at a number of checkpoints in the Kampala Metropolitan Area are meant to control movement of traffic. In a statement released on Tuesday, Magezi noted that the UPDF Military Police Brigade, working […]
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Masaka Armoured Division Commander Major General Deus Sande, has passed on due to health complications in the wee hours of Wednesday in Mpigi district. According to the UPDF acting spokesperson, Col. Chris Magezi, Maj Gen Sande died at around 3:45am on his way to Kampala to attend the funeral […]
The acting Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson, Col. Chris Magezi, has revealed that the late deputy commander land forces, Maj Gen Francis Takirwa died from stroke related complications on Saturday morning. In a brief statement released following the news of Takirwa’s passing, Col. Magezi noted that Maj Gen Takirwa died at 6am from complications […]
The acting Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesperson, Col. Chris Magezi, has dismissed allegations that security agencies plan to arrest National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, ahead of elections. “This is certainly a smoke screen. What is NUP and their leader planning by coming up with this type of empty […]
Following persistent complaints over alleged abuses from the fisheries communities during his campaign trail, President Yoweri Museveni has dissolved the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) and relieved its commander, Lt Col Mercy Tukahirwa, of her duties. In a directive issued on Friday, President Museveni, instructed the Chief of Defence Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to disband the existing […]
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