In Sri Lanka, soldiers are fixing roads and bridges, remodelling cities, and selling vegetables President Museveni’s decision to give the controversial National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) to his former bush war veterans who, he claims, are living under abject poverty reminds me of an article I wrote in June last …
Read More »Inside UPDF’s Juba Mission
By Haggai Matsiko Army that beat Machar’s fighters faces an unceremonious exit A potholed runway ushers you into Juba International Airport—the most critical South Sudan government installation. A small old stuffy building with dusty window panes and a dusty cracked cement floor, the terminal is manned by policemen who don …
Read More »UPDF shines in South Sudan
By Andrew M. Mwenda The changing face of the Ugandan army and what it says about Museveni’s plans for the future Imade my career in the late 1990s and early 2000s in large part by investigating and reporting on corruption and incompetence in the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF). The …
Read More »UPDF general takes on Museveni
By Haggai Matsiko Gen. Biraaro joins renegades Sejusa, Besigye President Yoweri Museveni might face two retired generals in the 2016 presidential elections if word on the street proves correct. Apart from retired Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu who is set to contest on the ticket of the biggest opposition party, the …
Read More »How Museveni uses the army
Lessons from Aronda, Muntu, Muhoozi promotions ANALYSIS | HAGGAI MATSIKO & IVAN RUGAMBWA | Recent promotions in the army have re-ignited the continuous debate of how President Yoweri Museveni uses the forces to stay in power. Hundreds of low rank officers, from 2nd Lieutenant to Major, were in May promoted …
Read More »‘No Gun Shot near Museveni’ – UPDF
By Ronald Musoke The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has come out to deny claims carried in both local and some international media that a bullet was fired near President Yoweri Museveni shortly after he had finished addressing members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) on June 5. “The …
Read More »UPDF promotions give Brig. Muhoozi control
By Haggai Matsiko Museveni removes the last of bush war heroes, courts Buganda, north When on May.23 President Yoweri Museveni announced a reshuffle in the army, it was a move to tighten his grip on the force following allegations of dissent over the rapid promotion of his son, Brig. Muhoozi …
Read More »Impossible mission
By Haggai Matsiko Sudan frustrates UPDF, America hunt for Kony As reports persist that Sudan is harboring Lord’s Resistance Army warlord Joseph Kony, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Oryem, has told The Independent that the UPDF is maintaining a strong force at the border with DRC to …
Read More »Muhoozi
By Haggai Matsiko How he controls the UPDF In August last year President Yoweri Museveni, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief (CIC) of the armed forces, promoted his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba from Colonel to Brigadier. It was the second promotion for Muhoozi who had been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel …
Read More »UPDF soldier shot one over land wrangles in Teso
By Julius Odeke A UPDF officer Capt Eliano Franco attached to the Chieftaincy of Production shot and injured one person over land wrangles in Bululu Sub County in Kaberamaido district. The suspect one Capt Eliano moved in company of an LC I chairman and other village mates to the Sub …
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