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FULL LIST: President Museveni promotes 40 in UPDF

  Bombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commander In Chief and President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni has promoted 40 senior officers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). Seven Brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of  Major General, while 37 colonels are now Brigadiers. On the list is Brig …

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UPDF starts detonation of explosives in Pader district

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) has started a detonation exercise to destroy unexploded ordinances in Pader district. The Pader Resident District Commissioner, Dusman Okee says the exercise that started on Wednesday will run for two months. It follows a resolution reached during the district security …

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UPDF blacklists Rupa sub county for harboring cattle rustlers

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has singled out Rupa Sub County in Moroto district for harbouring a big number of cattle rustlers terrorising neighbouring districts. Major Peter Mugisa, the UPDF 3rd division spokesperson, says that being at the border with Turkana in Kenya, Rupa Sub County …

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UPDF to investigate soldiers hired to terrorize opponents

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has promised to investigate circumstances under, which some civilians hired soldiers to terrorize citizens and their opponents.   A delegation led by Brigadier Felix Kulayigye, who represented the Chief of Defense Forces, UPDF Spokesperson Flavia Byekwaso and Godard Busingye, the UPDF Chief …

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150 guns recovered in Karamoja in 2020 – UPDF

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of guns recovered in the Karamoja sub-region increased in 2020. The Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF 3rd Division recovered 150 illegal guns in the hands of civilians across the nine districts of Karamoja. This is almost twice, the number of guns recovered in 2019 …

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POACHING: Police, UPDF officers arrested

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six policemen and four Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF soldiers have arrested by Special Wildlife Crime Unit for allegedly participating in poaching and illegal selling of ivory and other wildlife species. The unit comprised of military and police intelligence personnel as well as detectives attached …

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Kabaka calls for release of all political prisoners

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has called for the release of all political prisoners arrested during the 2021 electoral process. “We appeal for fairness in all election-related cases and release of all the political prisoners. The resurrection of Jesus Christ reminds us of …

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