Due to chronic poverty and poor remuneration in Uganda, we have been told that some Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Junior Officers, bribe in order to get deployed in Somalia. Sources say that the UPDF soldiers spend their insufficient income to bribe their Senior Army Officers to be deployed in a dangerous country, Somalia […]
Foreign troops are reportedly fighting each other over control of Somali cities and major towns. The garrisons under the command of the African Union are fighting to replace Ethiopian forces fighting the Al Shabaab rebels in the two Somali cities of Baidoa and Beledweyne. We have been told that African Union wants its soldiers […]
Seven UPDF soldiers were killed in somalia in a fight to control Mogadishu and several sustained injuries in the operation. This was confirmed by the UPDF commander of land forces LT.General Katumba wamala while speaking to journalists in Kampala. Katumba wamala said that the capture of mogadishu is a stepping stone for stabilization of the […]
The former president of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings has hailed President Yoweri Museveni for his role in peace to Somalia saying instability in that country if not stopped could even spread to the whole region and destabilize the continent. “We owe you gratitude on what Uganda troops are doing in Somalia. It is important that […]