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  Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT |   A new contingent commander of the Ugandan troops deployed in Somalia, under the AU peacekeeping mission, has formally taken up office. Brig. Gen. Michael Kabango succeeds Brig. Gen. Paul Lokech, who has completed his one-year tour of duty. This was Brig. Lokech’s second …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF has unveiled a new brand of condoms as part of its efforts to fight the HIV scourge. Ulinzi condoms are packed in a digital camouflage pack similar to UPDF uniforms. The Ulinzi condoms, which are produced in Thailand, were unveiled during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The operation to retrieve MV Templar from Lake Victoria has finally yielded results. The Police Marine and UPDF teams were able to pull the wreckage from underneath the lake a few minutes to 5pm this evening. The officers used steel cables tied on a tractor …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court – ICC have pitched camp in Northern Uganda to unpack the opening statement of former LRA Commander Dominic Ongwen to victims of the two decades’ conflict. Ongwen is facing 70 counts of …

UPDF on high alert, deploys at the border Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A spate of attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)has sparked fears the rebel group could soon attack Uganda after many years of operating in eastern DR Congo. Founded in Uganda by a group of Islamic …

Uganda’s military chief holds deliberations with AMISOM leadership, in Somalia Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF), General David Muhoozi is in Somalia on a routine visit to Ugandan troops deployed in the country, under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Gen. Muhoozi’s visit …

THIS WEEK: UPDF criticised over cover up in city abduction Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There has been sharp criticism towards the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for the summary trial of the four armed men who were captured on video abducting Yusuf Kawooya, a member of the Democratic Party …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A market for women, a football playground for youth, food supplies and health services, are some of the projects that Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) contingent under the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has started for folks in Somalia. It’s these projects that have aided …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Lydia Mugambe has closed a case in, which the family of a Rwandese national has been pushing for his unconditional release by the military. Claude Lyakaremye’s family petitioned High court through his lawyer, Eron Kiiza to compel the army to release him unconditionally. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked the army to explain the legal basis and sustainability of crime preventers in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). The MPs sitting on the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs were on Tuesday interfacing with officials from the Ministry …