Security

The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) 5 Infantry Division Commander, Brig. Gen. Keith Katungi has asked the newly deployed Local Defence Unit (LDUs) to serve Ugandans by protecting people and their property. While addressing the newly deployed LDUs at Labwodong Training School in Agago district on Thursday, July 6, 2023, he cautioned them on the oath of allegiance that has to be followed to the dot through their military career. "The primary role of soldiers is to serve the people of...

The police spokesperson, SCP Fred Enanga, has revealed that Police sniffer dogs are free of charge to all Ugandans and no payment should be made for their services. While addressing the press at Naguru police headquarters, Enanga emphasised that police have gotten complaints that some dogs are charged, saying that it’s important for people to know that the services provided are entirely free. He continued to praise them for their role in the successful arrest of over 6,843 criminals who...

Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Katsigazi Tumusiime, the deputy Inspector General of Police, has warned that female police personnel of the occupational hazards stating that they should not expect to be treated like queens. He noted that once someone enters the force, she is supposed to be ready for any situation at any time. Maj. Gen. Tumusiime was responding to a Makerere University study funded by the Else Initiative on the challenges experienced by female police officers deployed on UN Peacekeeping missions...

Maj. Gen. Don William Nabasa, 3rd Division Commander of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF), has urged youth in the Karamoja and Teso subregions to reject criminality and embrace peace efforts. At a peace meeting held at the Leslona Hotel in Moroto Municipality, the Division Commander and several senior officials met with youth leaders and councillors from around the Karamoja Subregion and Kapelebyong District. "I urge you to use your trusted network and structures to talk to fellow youths and Karachunas...

H.E Gen. (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the commander in chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), while passing out the Reserve Forces (LDU) at Kaweweta Recruit Training School, urged parents to educate their children for a better tomorrow. "When you hear that the soldiers are doing well, it is mainly because they are educated people. Educated people can make very good soldiers because modern warfare has a lot of science, and educated people learn very easily," he said. President Museveni...

The former inspector general of police, General Edward Kalekezi Kayihura, commonly referred to as Kale Kayihura, has been allowed to retire from the army, and all charges against him have been dropped. The 67-year-old battle-hardened general was arrested and taken to to the General Court Martial in Makindye in June 2018 and charged with aiding and abetting kidnapping by commission and repatriating Rwandan exiles, refugees, and Ugandan citizens to Rwanda between 2012 and 2016, charges he denied. A statement released by...