Security

President Museveni while presiding over the 41st Tarehe Sita celebrations in Mbale yesterday announced that curfew restrictions on boda bodas will be lifted starting today 6pm. The boda bodas like the rest of the economy were closed two years ago as one of the measures to contain the deadly COVID-19. With partial opening of the economy and maintainance of curfew they were supposed to work until 7pm. In his end of year address on 31st December 2021, the President said that...

While addressing a delegation of security chiefs, President Museveni guaranteed the people of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo total peace after the two countries launched joint operations to flush out the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) from Eastern Congo. The President addressed the delegation of security chiefs from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) led by the Minister in charge of the National Defence Unit Dr. Gilbert Kabanda Kurhenga . “We should work together to finish this problem. This was...

The Commander-In-Chief of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) commissioned the first National Defense College (NDC) in Uganda located at Naminya, Njeru Town Council in Buikwe district. While speaking at the commissioning ceremony, Gen. Museveni described the NDC as an apex of military learning if well utilized. "If you understand the significance of training, you'll have a very good force which has no fear, which is friendly to the people and can achieve any mission given to them. Because training brings...

Brigadier General Felix Busizoori has taken over the Command of the elite Special Force Command. He replaces Brig Gen. Peter Candia who has been sent on course as the National Defence College by the Commander in Chief, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Brig Busizoori was handed over the office on Wednesday by Brig Candia during a ceremony held at the SFC headquarters in Entebbe and was presided over by the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Wilson Mbadi. In his speech, CDF Gen Mbadi urged...

In a bid to create a secure environment for the planned road construction, UPDF and their counterparts FARDC said they plan launch more offensive attacks against ADF rebels in Congo. Maj Gen Bombelle Comille Ehola, and Maj. Gen Kayanja Muhanga the overall FARDC and UPDF Operation Shujaa Commanders on 16th January 2022, held a meeting at Hotel Kasindi in DRC, aimed at designing mechanisms of securing the road construction projects and opening up a second axis against ADF terrorists. Gen Bombelle...

Following the four deadly bomb attacks that terrorized Kampala city, Uganda’s capital over the past month, the government of Uganda is seeking international and regional allies to go after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in their Congo hide out. While addressing the nation on Saturday 20th Nov, Uganda’s President Museveni, without revealing much detail said he was in talks with his counterpart Felix Tshisekedi of Congo and other African presidents to launch attacks on the ADF. Uganda is treading lightly this...