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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) personnel have joined Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA rangers in Orom sub county, Kitgum district to ward off stray elephants. Since June this year, over 100 elephants believed to have escaped from Kidepo Valley National Park have been marauding in Gule, Lolwa and …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief of Defense Forces, General Wilson Mbadi says the UPDF will ensure that Uganda’s oil resources in the Albertine are secured. General Mbadi in an interview says while the army is already on the ground to secure oil and gas installations, extra measures will …

What went wrong after Janet Museveni left? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Janet Museveni, the First Lady, who was first appointed Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs in 2009 and two years later became the substantive Minister of the sub-region, had a grand vision: to make Karamoja a self …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has set up a team to investigate irregularities that marred the recruitment exercise of Local Defence Unit-LDU personnel. Last month, UPDF recruited about 10,000 LDUs to boost the already existing number across the countryside. The recruitment exercise that lasted for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people have been turned away as the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces-UPDF closed the recruitment exercise for the Local Defence Unit-LDU personnel at the First Division headquarters in Kakiri, Wakiso district. The exercise started on September 7th and ended on the 14th, after the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have the capability to neutralize the Special Forces of Guinea that on September 5 overthrew President Alpha Conde. The Commander UPDF land forces Lt. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has described the Guinea coup leaders as indisciplined, and said they can …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint forces of UPDF and police currently operating in Karamoja have so far recovered 70 guns and 534 rounds of ammunition from the Karimojong warriors since the 17th of July when they launched second phase of disarmament in the sub region. Capt. Edrin Mawanda, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security analysts have warned that Uganda risks being plunged into anarchy by recruiting and keeping armed Local Defence Units-LDUs in the civilian populace. Uganda People’s Defence Force-UPDF is finalizing with the recruitment of 10,000 more Local Defence Unit personnel. But security analysts Fred Egesa and …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of youths who turned up for interviews for the recruitment of Local Defense Unit personnel at Bugema army barracks in Mbale city on Tuesday were turned away. The two day exercise targets to recruit 283 Local Defense Unit personnel from five districts of Mbale, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 283 youth have been shortlisted for the recruitment exercise for Local Defense Personnel in the West Acholi sub-region. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) recently announced the recruitment of another batch of 10,000 Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel countrywide. The recruitment targeted youths from the …