The uganda peoples defence force says it is working towards starting up a comprehensive counseling service for its officers. This follows several incidences where army officers have ended up taking up their own lives or killing others over domestic disagreements. The latest is an incident where a UPDF soldier committed suicide after a disagreement with […]
The former spokesperson for African peace keeping in Mogadishu Major Bhoko Barije has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant Colonel. UPDF spokesperson lieutenant colonel Felix Kulaigye says Bahoko Barije has been promoted and redeployed to head the UPDF directorate of education and sports. Barije has been replaced by Paddy Ankunda as the PAN African […]
The Uganda army has dismissed reports that opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye was shot by the army or police during Thursday’s walk to work protests. Uganda People’s Defense Forces Spokesperson, Lt. Felix Kulayigye says Besigye was not shot and any such rumours are unfounded. He says the soldiers were called in to beef up police […]
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) have said they are in full control of all security at Uganda boarders along the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania ready to clash any possible rebels’ infiltration. This follows intelligence reports that the Allied Democratic Forces based in the Democratic Republic of Congo were planning […]
The spokesperson of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Felix Kulayigye has indicated that Uganda opposition illegal activities like riots are not among Uganda’s freedoms guaranteed by the law. Kulayije who was responding to recent remarks by the Chief of Uganda Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima says the Uganda constitution grants the Uganda Army with […]