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The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has elaborated on a policy framework to address the country’s veterans from as far back as the 1960s to date. This was announced during the sensitization exercise at Ntungamo District local…

The UPDF has taken exception to a very abusive article carried on social media platform of “Free Uganda” on 29 April 2019 directed at the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence led by Brig Gen Abel Kandiho. "We wish to state that It is not…

Uganda and Israel have committed themselves to step-up defense co-operation in order to safeguard peace and security. The two parties discussed possible areas of mutual cooperation such as collaboration in the fight against terrorism and…

The newly passed out Platoon commanders have been advised to defend the country jealously now that they have acquired the necessary knowledge and hence the course attended gives them the full powers to command soldiers and protect Ugandans…

The job does not come without risks.  An attack on the United Nations compound in Somalia in January this year is “still fresh in our minds” according to the commander of Ugandan peacekeepers who are tasked with protecting the base and its…

President Yoweri Museveni, has reminded soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) that as members of a Liberation Army, they should clearly differentiate themselves from the traditional tribal and colonial armies and always…

Parliament has authorised government to borrow up to $100m (about Shs380b) from the domestic market to fund classified military activities. The request by Finance minister Matia Kasaija was, however, controversially passed as a…

When you still boast that you defeated the UPDF three times, you clearly have not had time to digest the affairs of that conflict from a detached point of view. The RPF was a young army, hardly 5 years old. Your numbers were small, you…

The Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) Gen David Muhoozi has said that Uganda won't be part of activities to escalate tensions with neighboring Rwanda. Gen Muhoozi who was speaking during a meeting with a delegation of European Union envoys…