Tag: UPDF

UPDF Has Occupied My Home Completely – Bobi Wine

The President of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine has revealed that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers that were recently deployed at his home in Magere forced themselves into the home and taken it over. In a post shared on his X on Tuesday, Kyagulanyi alleged that the […]

Gen Muhoozi Has Crossed The Line – US Senator Risch Warns

The Chairperson of the U.S Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch, has urged his government to re-evaluate it’s security partnership with Uganda following the recent posts by the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on his X account. Senator Risch in a post on his X account warned that Gen Muhoozi had […]

Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding, 9 Others Elected UPDF MP’s

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Defence Forces Council Electoral College has elected 10 officers to represent the army in in the 12th Parliament. The 10 military representatives who were voted on Wednesday at the Land Forces Headquarters in Bombo include seven men and three women reaffirming the army’s constitutional role as one of Uganda’s […]

My Soldiers Didn’t Beat Up Barbie – Gen Muhoozi Says

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has denied allegations that Uganda People’s Defence Soldiers (UPDF) beat up Barbie Kyagulanyi, wife to National Unity Platform (NUP) Principal Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine during a security raid on their Magere home on Friday night. In a brief post on his X account on […]

20 Year Old Civilian Arrested Over Making Inciting Comments in UPDF Uniform

Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Kawala Rachael has revealed that security agencies have arrested a 20 year old man identified as Ivan Musana over making inciting statements and wearing a military jacket in a video circulating on social media. According to Kawala, preliminary investigations found that Musana is not a member of the Uganda People’s Defence […]

New General Court Martial Members Sworn In a Week to Elections

The recently appointed members of the General Court Martial have today taken their oaths of offices at the Supreme Court in Kampala, marking the first time that the UPDF’s Court Martial members are being sworn in under the Judiciary’s supervision. The Wednesday swearing ceremony which was officiated over by the Principal Judge Jane Frances Abodo, […]

Busiro South MP Matovu Brutalised by UPDF, Hospitalised

The Busiro South Member of Parliament Hon. Charles Matovu is currently nursing wounds after allegedly being attacked by UPDF soldiers along with members of his entourage following campaigns on Wednesday evening. According to the National Unity Platform (NUP) Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya, Matovu the incumbent and party’s flag bearer for the post was waylaid […]

Don’t Take Uganda’s Peace for Granted – Gen Rugumayo Warns

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence Brig Gen Rugumayo Abdul, has warned Ugandans not to take the country’s 40 years of uninterrupted peace for granted, saying carelessness could put national security and peace to an end. “As I relate to this year’s theme, “Protecting the Gains of the Revolution”, we […]

S6 Student Jailed Six Months For insulting Museveni, Gen Muhoozi

Court in Kampala has sentenced Edison Ssemugenyi, a 20 year old Senior Six student to a six months imprisonment over spreading false information about President Yoweri Museveni and first son, Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Prosecution told court that, Ssemugenyi, through TikTok spread false information that President Museveni was bedridden. Prosecution further noted […]

Panga Wielding Men Attack Kasese, Bundibugyo Barracks

There is heightened security in the districts of Kasese and Bundibugyo after panga wielding men carried out attacks in the districts in the wee hours of Saturday. According to security sources, the yet to be identified panga wielding men attacked Kasese police Barracks around midnight for yet to be unknown reasons, leaving part of the […]