Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has challenged the armed forces to leverage modern technologies as a means of managing modern-day security situations. Museveni noted that Africa is currently battling related security threats like terrorism and piracy, among others but hastened to add that if armed forces commit …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 300 UPDF men and officers from Magamaga cantonment yesterday made a route march along the Jinja-Iganga highway, enroute to Bugweri district for the year’s Tarehe sita celebrations. The soldiers who covered themselves with fresh green leaves and dry banana leaves setoff from Magamaga barracks …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF officers from Magamaga dedicated their entire Monday to cleaning a section of the railway line in Mayuge district as part of the Tarehe Sita (February 6) celebrations. The railway line is adjacent to a market with a capacity for 1000 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Will this year celebrate the 43rd Tarehe Sita at Busesa in the Eastern District of Bugweri. General Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, UPDF Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) made the revelation during a press conference at the Uganda Media Centre, in Kampala …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior officers of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have decried what they termed a cultural invasion by the West, which imposes a threat to the values that Ugandans hold so dear. The two officers, Brigadier General Christopher Kasaija, the Commandant of the UPDF Air-force wing …
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The once significant army anniversary has been overshadowed by the rabble rousing General Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On Feb. 6, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) will mark the 42nd anniversary of its existence as a fighting force on a day popularly known as Tarehe Sita. It commemorates the …
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Museveni is the third person and first Ugandan in the history of the UPDF to receive the award. Quaddaffi was first, then Nyerere second. Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has been awarded the Katonga medal, the highest military decoration in Uganda. Maj Gen George Igumba, the chancery …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has started constructing monuments in remembrance of the efforts and sacrifices of the people from Greater Mbarara in the liberation struggle. The monuments are being constructed in Mbarara city and district, Ibanda, Kazo, Isingiro, Kiruhura, and Rwampara districts. The army has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has commended the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) for ensuring peace and stability, describing its soldiers as true patriots and heroes of the nation. He made the remarks on Friday, 27 January 2023, while launching the week of activities to commemorate …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF 409 Brigade in West Nile has called for harmony between Uganda and the neighboring DR Congo and S. Sudan as it kicks off the 41st ‘Tarehe Sita’ week activities in the region. Tarehe Sita marks the day National Resistance Army-NRA rebels launched an …
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