Tag: UPDF

Prince Harry Welcomes Uganda as 26th Nation into Invictus Games Community

The Duke of Sussex and Patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, Prince Harry, has welcomed Uganda’s admission into the Invictus Games community, describing the expansion as part of the Foundation’s mission to reach more service personnel recovering from injury and illness. “Growth has never been about numbers. It’s about reaching those who need us most. […]

Gen Katumba Wamala Set To Retire From UPDF After 46 Years

The Minister for Works and Transport and former Chief of Defence Forces Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, is set to retire for the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) after 46 years of service. Gen Katumba, who is among 21 generals set to retire from active service in the army, first served in the Uganda National Liberation […]

Police Investigating Death of UPDF Officer Found Dead in House

Police in Kabale District is investigating the death of a UPDF officer Sgt Robert Tumwesigye, who was found dead in his rented house at Mukokye along the Uganda – Rwanda border on Monday. According to the Kigezi Region police spokesman Elly Maate, Tumwesigye’s lifeless body, who was attached to the UPDF 2nd Division and deployed […]

Video: Security Operatives Abduct Bobi Aide, Najja Sharif’s Wife

As security operations intensify in a number of areas of the country over different reasons, uniformed and plain clothed security operatives have on Thursday allegedly abducted, the wife to Najja Sharif, the personal assistant to National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine. In a video shared by the NUP leader, Bobi […]

Bobi Wine’s Campaign Counter-Terrorism Guards Arrested

A team of Uganda Police counter terrorism officers who were assigned by the independent Uganda Electoral Commission, to guard the National Unity Platform (NUP) Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu alias Bobi Wine, during the recent national polls have been arrested by their superiors. According to reliable sources, the officers were arrested early this week and are […]

Tik Toker Pressure 24/7 Remanded Over Hate Speech Against Gen Muhoozi

The City Hall Magistrates Court has charged and remanded 28-year-old Tik Toker Ibrahim Musana alias Pressure 24/7, over alleged hate speech against the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kaineugaba. Musana has been charged with two charges of unlawful obtaining of personal data contrary to section 35 (1) and (2) of the Data Protection and […]

UPDF Rubbishes UN Report on Deployment in South Sudan

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 […]

Military Police Deployed to Control Traffic – UPDF

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 […]