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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Presidential candidate Maj Gen Benon Biraaro is dead.  He breathed his last at Kampala Hospital this afternoon. General Biraaro graduated from Makerere University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and later joined the National Resistance Army-NRA Bush War. He …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF soldier is on the run after shooting three people dead in Gulu. The incident happened on Monday evening in Vanguard sub ward, Vanguard Parish, Pece Division in Gulu Municipality. The dead have been identified as Beatrice Ajok, 52, …

Deborah Malac, the outgoing American ambassador to Uganda spoke to the press for the last time on Jan.23. She said she had “thoroughly enjoyed her time” and would carry many warm memories of the ‘Pearl of Africa,’ particularly its friendly people, beautiful landscapes and amazing wildlife.  Ronald Musoke attended and …

Butambala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF that crashed on Tuesday morning killing two crew members could have come down because of bad weather, according to an eye witnesses. The Defense Ministry Spokesperson, Brigadier General, Richard Kalemire, said in a tweet that the jet Ranger AF302 crashed in Bulo …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 46 soldiers have been sacked from the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU over the last three years Maj. Joseph Ssebukera, the Commandant of the unit on Eastern side of Lake Victoria has revealed. He told journalists at Masese Landing site in Jinja …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF helicopter has crashed on a training mission in Bulo in Gomba district. “We regret to inform that a UPDAF Jet Ranger on a training mission has crashed. It had two crew members. Sadly, no one has survived. Investigation into …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces will hold its 39th Terehe Sita celebration in the Luweero triangle, the epicenter of the five-year liberation struggle that catapulted the NRM government in power in 1986. In a statement released by Brigadier Richard Karemire, the UPDF spokesman, the celebrations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy deployment of police and Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) in Rubanda town council where the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) is conducting party primaries. Rubanda is among the 55 districts that are conducting party elections to fill gaps in new administrative units. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The First Division of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces- UPDF has started trying Local Defence Unit –LDU personnel arrested over gun misuse. Others will be tried for cases related to killing and injuring civilians in reckless shootings, gun mismanagement, extortion and theft. Maj Yusuf Katamba, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Army leadership has reportedly started a process of integrating all graduate Local Defense Unit –LDU personnel into Uganda People’s Defense Forces- UPDF. The minimum education qualification during the LDU recruitment drive was Primary Leaving Examination –PLE certificate and the maximum was a Uganda …