Kampala, Uganda | URN | The General Court Martial sitting at Makindye has remanded Major General James Birungi on charges of treachery and offenses related to (in)security. Birungi, the former Director of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), now known as the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), was on …
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How ordinary Ugandans in security forces and the judiciary are the quiet levers of the Machinery of Injustice COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Anybody of a clear conscience must have felt a sense of personal torture the night we saw images of Eddy Mutwe (Edward Ssebuufu), the former …
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Kwania, Uganda | URN | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Marine Battalion has destroyed 5,780 illegal fishing nets worth an estimated at 1.8 billion shillings in Kwania District, intensifying efforts to protect fish stocks and enforce fisheries regulations on Lake Kwania. The fishing gear had been impounded more than …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | According to the minister, the inquiry involves the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Uganda Police Force, other security agencies and technical experts. The government has, for the first time since security agencies shut down Nation Media Group (NMG), …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Former Lord Mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago, who was abducted by security forces at his home on Monday, has been dumped at Kira Division police headquarters, where a team of his lawyers has rushed to. According to former Deputy Lord …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ali Saloongo Kony, the son of fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, has expressed frustration over delays in his deployment by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), nearly two years after completing formal military training. Kony Ssalongo who defected from the LRA in …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) says it has embarked on a nationwide recruitment exercise aimed at replacing retiring officers and men. The army plans to recruit over ten thousand soldiers between June and August, due to upcoming mass retirements. Some of the personel are …
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Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan military said Sunday that it will continue joint operations with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group despite the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the neighboring country. Chris Magezi, acting spokesperson for the Uganda Peoples’ Defence …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Security forces have launched another joint search of former Speaker Anita Among’s residence in Mutungo-Kigo, with heavy security deployed to the area. A heavy deployment of the joint security task force comprising soldiers from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), detectives from the Criminal Investigations …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | As President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni prepares to take the oath of office for a seventh term on May 12, 2026, at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, security has been tightened across Kampala, with major traffic diversions and restricted access expected to affect movement in the capital. The …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
