By Gerald Businge on March 14, 2012
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Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers who are studying air force engineering course at Soroti Flying School are to graduate on March 30th, 2012. The soldiers set to graduate have studied for three years and they have undergone training in contravention of international and regional aviation standards. The 42 students will be awarded certificates […]
By Gerald Businge on March 9, 2012
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Col. Kiiza Besigye, the head of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is one of the freedom fighters in Uganda. Besigye, a retired soldier of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces is currently in USA where he has met with dozens of Ugandans who fled the country due to reported silent mistreatment of opposition politicians in Kampala. Besigye, […]
By Gerald Businge on February 21, 2012
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Intelligence briefings from Somalia indicate that Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab fighters are planning to bomb East African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Kenya. Security sources in Uganda tell us that the Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab rebels plan to use East African countries through the links they have with East African rebel […]
By Gerald Businge on February 3, 2012
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There is a grand programme by the ministry of health to evaluate health centres and clinics run by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces across the country with the purpose of uplifting them to hospital status. The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima has told journalists that health centres run by the army will be […]
By Gerald Businge on January 30, 2012
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Rwandan army generals and officers who were suspended from the force last week by President Paul Kagame and placed under house arrest have spoken out on their ordeal. Lt. Gen. Fred Ibingira, the chief of staff of the Reserve Forces, Brig. Gen. Richard Rutatina, the military intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wilson Gumisiriza, commander of the […]
By Gerald Businge on January 10, 2012
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A formerUSmarine soldier, Nix Bongomin who was arrested by Uganda Peoples Defence Forces yesterday in northernUgandaover recruiting rebels into the ‘Peoples Patriotic Front’ has denied the charges. He has told UPDF detectives in Pader today that theUgandasoldiers picked him on Monday under pretext that he was a rebel. Bongomin says that he is a law […]
By Gerald Businge on December 12, 2011
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Uganda Peoples Defence Forces have started a training programme to prepare its soldiers for deployment to the African Union United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID). According to a source in the ministry of defence, Uganda will deploy in Darfur early next year as per UNAMID programme. We are reliably informed that UNAMID has requested […]
By Gerald Businge on December 12, 2011
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Lt. Col. Samson Mande has been sighted in Kinshasha town of the Democratic Republic of Congo raising fears in the UPDF circles that he could be planning to invade Uganda. Mande is one of the UPDF dissidents who are believed to be planning an armed struggle on the legitimate government of Uganda. The Uganda government […]
By Gerald Businge on December 12, 2011
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Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has officially commissioned a health centre III at Moruita in Nakapiripirit district, in southern part of Karamoja sub region. The CDF General Aronda Nyakairima who was the chief guest today opened a health centre III in Moruita in Nakapiripirit district amidst ululations from the locals. The health centre which he […]
By Gerald Businge on December 7, 2011
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The Chief of Defence forces General Aronda Nyakairima yesterday flew to Moroto to open up a state of the art garage constructed by BABCON Construction Company and supervised by UPDF Engineering brigade. The facility situated in Moroto barracks 3rd Division headquarters will be open for both army and public use. The general who was […]
