One person was on Wednesday confirmed dead after a marine boat on a rescue mission capsized on the flooded Pakwach-Olwiyo road section in Got Apwoyo sub-county, Nwoya District, the army has said. The deceased whose identity is yet to be released was reportedly an engineer. He was one of the occupants of the boats that […]
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have secured sh50bn for the construction of accommodation facilities for soldiers. The Commander of Fourth Division Barracks Brigadier General Felix Busizoori noted that the fund was secured through the Ministry of Defense to improve the welfare of soldiers and their living conditions within the Barracks. Busizoori explained that the […]
The Fourth Infantry Division Court Martial has sentenced a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officer to 52 years in jail for failure to protect war materials. Private Owen Okumu (27) was convicted by the court which sat at the Fourth Infantry Division Headquarters in Gulu City between Thursday and Friday. He pleaded guilty to charges […]
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) general court-martial has remanded Rtd. Colonel Dr. Kiiza Besigye and Obeid Lutaale Kamulegeya to Luzira and Kitalya prisons, respectively. Appearing before the Makindye-based military court on Wednesday afternoon, chaired by Brigadier Freeman Mugabe, the duo faced four charges related to security, including conspiring against Uganda’s security and illegal possession […]
https://youtu.be/BHLPlEn5SCM Fear on Friday gripped the sports fans at Wankuluku Stadium in Kampala following the sudden death of a football referee while officiating a Premier League match. Senior referee Peter Kabugo is said to have collapsed and died during the 73rd minute while officiating a match between Sports Club Villa and UPDF. By the time […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the Commander-In- Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has today passed-out 203 officer cadets at Uganda Military Academy, Kabamba. The President congratulated the new officer cadets on being commissioned. “There are three (3) types of people among the 203 cadets. One type are the ones who have […]
The Police in Mukono have cracked down a gang of alleged criminals who have been terrorizing parts of Mukono Central Division and the neighbouring areas. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson says the suspects include a woman, who is a bar attendant, Prossy Nakitende (30) whose side business is dealing in opium. Other suspects […]
Omubaka wa palamenti akiikirira ebizinga by’e Buvuma, Robert Migadde Ndigwa akawangamudde bw’ategeezezza eggwanga nti abasirikale b’eggye lya UPDF abaasindikibwa ku nnyanja okulwanyisa envuba emenya amateeka, ogwabasindisaayo baaguvaako dda kati bennyini be badda mu kuvuba n’okusuubula eby’ennyanja. Migadde agamba nti eby’embi kwe kuba nti bbo Bannayuganda abawangaalira mu bizinga abaali bayimirizaawo obulamu bwabwe ku nnyanja nga […]
Waabaddewo katemba atali musasulire okuva mu bakulembeze n’abatuuze abakola ogw’obuvubi ku nnyanja Nalubaale ku mwalo gw’e Lwanika mu ggombolola y’e Bukatuube mu disitulikiti y’e Mayuge abajaasi ba UPDF abakola ogw’okulwanyisa envuba emenya amateeka bwe baaleese obujulizi mu maaso g’abakulembeze abaabadde bawolereza abantu baabwe okukwatibwa n’okutulugunyizibwa nga tebalina musango. Kino kyaddiridde abakulembeze ba NRM nga bakulembeddwa […]
The joint operation between Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Congolese Army (FARDC) known as Operation Shujaa against the terrorists Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) currently on going in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday rescued 40 people mostly women and children from the ADF after a fierce fighting in […]