President Yoweri Museveni has said it is not true that the Ugandan army UPDF has deployed troops in Eastern Congo to help the Congo government fight the M-23 rebels. STATEMENT IN FULL I need to clarify one misinformation I saw on Al-Jazeera TV, the other night. There was an item that said that Uganda had […]
Security personnel have raided and cordoned off the National Unity Platform (NUP) headquarters. The personnel comprising of the police, army and operatives from the Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce-JATT also sealed off the party’s leadership training centre in Kmawokya. Acting Maj Gen Felix Kulayigye, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Spokesperson, said the raid follows videos that […]
POLICE CONDUCTS SEARCH ON ILLEGAL MILITARY TRAINING AT NATIONAL UNITY PLATFORM PREMISES 1. Following reports of unauthorized military drills at the National Unity Platform (NUP) headquarters in Kavule and their premise in Kamwokya in Kampala City, the Uganda Police Force, in collaboration with other security agencies, has mounted a coordinated security operation. 2. Our […]
The Chief of Defense Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has today arrived in Nairobi to attend a high-level meeting of East African Community (EAC) military chiefs. The gathering aims at addressing the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ongoing conflict has threatened regional security. […]
Following days of speculation, it has finally been established that the chief mobiliser for the National Unity Platform (NUP) Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu popularly known as ‘Chairman Nyanzi’, was taken to an unspecified military facility after recording a statement at Wandegeya Police Station. Nyanzi is said to have been abducted by armed suspected security agents last […]
Four-time presidential candidate, Rtd. Col. Dr. Dr. Kizza Besigye, his aide Hajj Obeid Lutale, and UPDF officer Capt. Denis Oola have been formally charged with treason. The charge sheet, dated February 20, 2025, accuses Besigye, Lutale, and Oola of contriving a plot to overthrow the Government of Uganda by force of arms. The trio are […]
Two out of the four abducted National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Election Committee members have been dumped at SIU Kireka and later released. According to the NUP principal, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, after exposing the abductors and the much pressure exerted on them from the public, today’s night, the two female election committee members were driven from […]
As the search for the alleged abducted National Unity Platform (NUP) Election Management members goes on, the party Principle, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has revealed that they have successfully tracked and found the vehicle in which their members were traveling in. Kyagulanyi reported that four members of the party’s election management team went missing as they […]
The police in Kampala Business District on Monday arrested politicians over the free Dr. Besigye protest. The suspects who are currently in police custody include; Doreen Nyanjura, the Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor, Ingrid Turinawe among others. The suspects have been arrested from Arua Park in Kampala. Police and the army from Sunday evening heavily deployed […]
The Special Forces Command (SFC) have arrested 14 people for blocking President Museveni’s motorcade and plucking off the National Emblem from his vehicle. This incident according to the security sources happened in Kansanga as President Museveni headed to Entebbe State House. The group allegedly had hidden themselves at Rubis petrol station located in Kansanga, and […]
