Tag Archives: LDUs

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Defense Unit-LDU personnel have foiled a cattle robbery by suspected Karamojong rustlers in Agago district. According to information obtained by URN, nine heavily armed rustlers invaded Lakwa central village in Omia pachwa sub-county on Wednesday night where they looted four animals belonging to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF has started conducting a two week refresher course for 6000 Local Defence Units-  LDUs. In statement issued by UPDF Spokesperson, Brig. Richard Karemire, the refresher training is being spearheaded by deputy Land Forces commander, Maj. Gen Sam Kavuma. LDUs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF has said it has no plans of withdrawing Local Defence Units – LDUs attached to various police stations in Kampala and other places upcountry. Maj. Bilal Katamba, the UPDF first division spokesperson said LDUs attached to police stations …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has described as false reports that President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the suspension activities by the Local Defense Units (LDUs). Speaking to Uganda Radio Network, Maj. Bilal Katamba, the spokesperson of the Local Defence Unit said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces -UPDF has finally come out to explain why Local Defense Forces-LDUs are deployed outside their areas of origin. On Tuesday this week, social media was abuzz with a video of Mityana district chairman Joseph Luzige being assaulted by UPDF and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six lives have been lost in the hands of security agencies implementing COVID-19 guidelines over the last 75 days when the country was under a lockdown which was declared to contain the spread of the deadly disease. The victims were shot by soldiers of the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of armed youths masquerading as Local Defence Unit personnel are taking advantage of curfew to brutalize residents of Gulu Municipality in Northern Uganda. The curfew was declared by President Yoweri Museveni a week ago as a measure to control the movement of people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni  has vowed to deal harshly with Local Defence Unit personnel and other security agencies who are abusing  terms of their deployment to enforce anti COVID-19 measures. President Museveni said that’s it’s illegal to enter people’s homes in the guise of enforcing …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Amelia Kyambadde has said that shops that are not within markets should not be closed. She also warned Police and Local Defence Units (LDU) teams to stop beating people, and urged traffic officers to refer those …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  People Power leaders have release video showing how Local Defense Unit-LDU Personnel shot dead Daniel Kyeyune, a people power activist while breaking up a procession in Nansana municipality in Wakiso district. Kyeyune was part of a procession of People Power supporters returning from the funeral …