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UPDF retires 1101 Officers and men Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A week after making 334 promotions, President and Commander In Chief President Yoweri Museveni has promoted Brig Sam Kavuma and appointed him Deputy Commander of the UPDF Land Forces. According to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Spokesperson Brig. Richard …

Museveni and the army: Failing to learn from past mistakes? Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | If a position is operationally strategic, President Yoweri Museveni will appoint a soldier to it. If a job is critical to his survival in power, Museveni will appoint a soldier to do it. As …

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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent COVER STORY Museveni and the army: Failing to learn from past mistakes? THE LAST WORD The tragedy of Robert Mugabe: How Western cunning exploited African gullibility to demonise the Zimbabwean president. POLITICS Muntu versus Amuriat: I …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commander In Chief President Yoweri Museveni has promoted 334 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers. Key among the promotions, according to reports Wednesday, has commander of the Special Forces Command (CSFC)Col Don Nabasa and Chief of Military Intelligence Col Abel Kandiho promoted to Brigadier. Higher …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Seven Senior Police Officers have been charged before the Army Court in Makindye with kidnap of  two people. These had refused to plead to the said charges last month saying the General Court Martial had no jurisdiction to try their case, and were then remanded …

VIDEO: UPDF & Prisons to deploy medical personnel as doctors strike rages Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces and Uganda Prisons have confirmed that they will send a general team of medical officers to Mulago, Kiruddu and Kawempe hospitals to attend to patients. Speaking to NTV, …

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Mogadishu, Somalia | AMISOM | The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) troops have launched a massive operation to flush out Al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle region and secure main supply routes in the area. According to Lt Col, Israel Kaheru Bagenda, the Commanding Officer of 11 Infantry Battalion of Uganda …

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