Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has demanded transparency and respect for constitutional rights in the arrest of retired Lieutenant General Peter Elwelu. In a statement on Tuesday, the Law Society President, Isaac Ssemakadde, warned security agencies against conducting what it describes as a trial …
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COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | Writing recently in The Observer, Asuman Kiyingi advanced a sweeping claim: that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, while serving as Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), is unlawfully directing a political movement through the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). In Kiyingi’s telling, President Yoweri Museveni’s October letter …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Renegade retired Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) officer Gen. Peter Elwelu has been arrested in Soroti City, the military announced Monday evening. It ends a weeks-long manhunt for the senior officer accused of involvement in subversive activities. UPDF spokesperson Col. Chris Magezi confirmed the …
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Fear Grips Kalaki Residents After Reported Raid on Gen. Elwelu’s Home Kalaki, Uganda | URN | Increased movements by security officials at the Kalaki District country home of retired Lt Gen Peter Elwelu has raised concern in the neighbourhood, with some residents reportedly fleeing their homes fearing an …
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COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | When I set out the specific constitutional and statutory boundaries governing the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) and General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s chairmanship in my recent submissions online, I did not argue that a serving military officer has an open right to run a …
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Civic Association Within the Ruling Movement Is Lawful COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | The Uganda Law Society’s Executive Order RNB No. 13 of 2026 correctly recalls that the Defence Forces must remain non-partisan under Article 208(2) of the Constitution. It does not correctly apply that principle, or the registration …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | It is 19 days since the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) announced the suspension of all defence and military cooperation with Türkiye, but neither country has publicly provided further details about the dispute or announced diplomatic efforts to resolve it. The suspension was announced on September …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Lt Gen Sam Okiding, has called for stronger intelligence-led, coordinated and proactive approaches to military operations beyond conventional warfare. Lt Gen Okiding made the call during the opening session of …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has dismissed as fabricated allegations made by a junior officer who released a 30-minute video statement accusing the army of running secret detention facilities, torture and enforced disappearances. Herbert Matanda Mabonga, who identifies himself as an intelligence officer formerly attached …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Two retired UPDF Generals who previously headed military intelligence, have been arrested as investigations into alleged false intelligence and treachery widen. The detained are retired Maj Gen Abel Kandiho and retired Brig Gen Charles Bakahumura. Both commanded the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), now …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
