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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces in the Karamoja sub-region are investigating circumstances under which a UPDF Soldier shot dead three people and one injured in Kotido district. The incident happened on Friday morning in Nakapelimoru trading center after a soldier identified as Peter Lokidii attached to 2nd …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in the Karamoja sub-region are investigating an incident where a UPDF soldier shot dead 18 cows and injured 25 others in the Nakapiripirit district. The incident took place on September 17th at 10:30 am when Private Yosefi Baguma, a member …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj. Travers Kibuuka, the former second in command of the Zoka army Detachment under the 71st Battalion has been pinned by his superiors over insubordinate behavior. In July this year, the fourth Infantry Division Military Court martial chaired by Col. George Nambafu charged Maj. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE IDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met with senior army officers from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) at State House Entebbe. During the meeting, President Museveni who is also the Commander In Chief of UPDF …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces -UPDF has advised the retiring senior army officers to invest their retirement package wisely. He said that the retirement should not be regarded as becoming redundant. “This is …

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF 3rd division deputy commander, Brig. Gen Felix Busizoori has said that they are sealing off the district of Amudat and never to allow the Pokot pastoralists to cross to other districts until they embrace peace. Joint security forces in the Karamoja sub region …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Army has retired 93 officers from the force. The function held at the military headquarters in Mbuya on Friday saw 17 Colonels, 13 Lieutenant Colonels, and 63 Majors officially discharged from the Army. Lt Gen Peter Elwelu, the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, presided …

Rutshuru, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s peacekeeping forces in the war-torn North Kivu Province of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have initiated an extensive tree-planting campaign in the Rutshuru territory to promote environmental conservation. Colonel Michael Walaka Hyeroba, the Ugandan Troops Contingent Commander, inaugurated the campaign on Tuesday …

North Kivu, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s peacekeeping troops in the war-troubled North Kivu province in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have successfully disposed of 18 assorted explosives in Mabenga, Rutshuru territory. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team, operating under the Field Engineering Unit of the Ugandan …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected warriors have killed a UPDF soldier and made away with two guns in Moroto district. The soldier had been assigned to provide security for the China Railway 3 company, which is involved in the construction of the Lokitanyala-Kitale road, connecting to Moroto town. …