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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF officers attached to Jinja zone have unveiled Gadafi Football Club.  The football club with a squad of three soldiers and 22 civilians was unveiled at the Speke Courts Hotel in Jinja district on Friday.  Lt. Col Ivan Lwanyaga, attached to the …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A suspected Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF impersonator is in trouble for aggravated robbery and kidnap in Rukungiri district. The suspect is 31-year-old Barham Twebaze, a resident of Ruku village in Kagunga Sub County in Rukungiri district. Twebaze is accused together with three others of kidnapping …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Namwongo Blazers Basketball Club (NBC) defeated Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) Tomahawks 64-57 in a thrilling Division 1 basketball league finals game. The two teams have been elevated to top-flight National Basketball League after qualifying for the finals, but have to battle for the number one …

Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Pt. Jimmy Masaaba, the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Force, UPDF soldier who has been on run in Kaabong has been shot dead by his colleagues. Masaaba reportedly shot dead, Joseph Nyerere, a foreman at the Chinese Construction Camp in Kaabong over the weekend and fled with …

Different ways opposition plans to force Museveni out of power Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Even after the Electoral Commission announced that their candidate had lost the recent by-election for Hoima District Woman MP, the opposition insists they won. Unlike in the past when the opposition rushed to court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A lawyer Ivan Bwowe has dragged government to the Civil Division of High Court for gazetting red berets as military attires. On September, 18th, 2019, the Government through the Minister of Defense Adolf Mwesige published in the National Gazette indicating that red berets, ankle …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The dress code for the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has been gazetted. (READ FULL NOTICE BOTTOM) “This development is a milestone in the long history of the UPDF,” said Brig. Richard Karemire, Spokesperson of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces – (UPDF) and the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Standby Force is mooting for the construction of marine rescue centres. The force, formerly Eastern Africa Standby Brigade, is one of the five regional forces for Peace Support Operations consisting of military, police and civilian component. Its member states include Uganda, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officers of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces have been cautioned against violation of human rights through acts like torture and illegal detentions. According to the Deputy 2nd Division Commander, Col. Anthony Lukwago, such acts taint the name of the institution and make the public …

The International Court to hold public hearings on the question of reparations in DRC vs Uganda case The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT |  The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will in November hold public hearings on the question of reparations in the …