Security

The Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have agreed to enhance their collaboration. The leaders of both defense forces convened at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs Headquarters in Mbuya on April 25, 2024, for their annual bilateral security conference. High on the agenda of the conference was the need to establish stronger defense ties between Zimbabwe and Uganda to address the fast-evolving security challenges faced by the region. Major General James Birungi, the...

The United States and Uganda have announced their continued commitment to collective collaboration. The U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, William W. Popp, expressed this commitment during a meeting with Uganda's Minister for Defense and Veteran Affairs, Jacob Marksons Oboth, at the Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs Headquarters in Mbuya. During the meeting held yesterday, Ambassador Popp praised the Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF) for their unwavering dedication to ensuring security and peace at home and in the region, particularly in...

The Uganda Police Force in Busoga East is on a manhunt for a 55-year-old man who hacked his wife to death on April 19, 2024, in Namoni village in Namoni parish, Mayuge district. The deceased, identified as Alizat Naikoba, aged 45, was hacked to death by her husband, Alimansi Kiggundu. They were both residents of Namoni village in Mayuge district. While addressing the public at the police headquarters in Naguru on April 22, 2024, SCP Fred Enanga, the spokesperson for the...

Colonel Topher Magino, the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) Commander of Battle Group 40 under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), has met with the two militaristic clan leaders of Jiddo and Garre in Quiryole district, Somalia, and urged them to ceasefire and embrace peace for the sake of their people who want harmony. He made these remarks on April 21, 2024, while meeting with Mohamed Ibrahim Barre, the Governor of lower Shabelle, and the clan leaders of...

While delivering a lecture on "Basic Intelligence and Security Skills" to officers undertaking a joint senior political education and leadership development course at the National Leadership Institution (NALI) Kyakwanzi on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Deputy Director General (DDG), Col. Emmy Katabazi, urged the officers to plan for their retirement early. Col. Katabazi urged the officers to focus on growing, being there for their families, and saving for a happy retirement. "As you work, focus on your...

The territory police in Kabale have arrested a 30-year-old Rwandan national for vandalizing and plucking off a street solar panel along Jackson Road in Central Division, Kabale municipality, at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Kabale branch. Elly Maate, the police spokesperson for the Kigezi region, stated that the culprit was identified as Alphonse Shimaka and was spotted on April 10, 2024, by police officers who were on a night patrol plucking off a solar panel from the pole. According to...