UPDF Enters Destroyed ADF Headquarters In Beni Forests
The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces together with their Congolese counterparts FARDC forces have entered ADF main camp in Beni, Eastern DR Congo.
A security source reveals that the two joint military forces today Wednesday entered Kambi ya Yua camp which is also the terror group headquarters.
The UPDF and FARDC had spent two days walking in the thick forests in order to access the base comprising of many camps.
The army is yet to make a statement about the development.
This comes after...
Government To Rehabilitate Dilapidated Schools As Nationwide Inspection Concludes Ahead of Re-Opening
The minister of Education and sports Hon Janet Kataaha Museveni has disclosed that her ministry has completed the inspection of all schools across the country to enhance readiness of institutions of schools ahead of re-opening.
The minister made the remarks yesterday Tuesday while officiating at the education and sports sector review workshop 2021 under the theme "education system recovery and resilience for sustainable learning outcomes".
"Inspection has been done to establish the readiness of our schools and institutions, teachers are being...
Security Bursts NUP Plan To Destabilize Kayunga By-Election
Security have heavily deployed in Kayunga District ahead of the LC V by-election slated for Thursday 16th December.
Uganda Peoples Defense Force-UPDF and Uganda Police Force are currently deployed in areas of Kayunga, Kangurumira, Kitimbwa, and Busaana Town Council where the opposition National Unity Platform is expected to cause anarchy.
Security has also reinforced the checkpoint at the River Ssezibwa Bridge with water cannons and teargas trucks. They have also created more checkpoints on major routes leading into the district.
Mr. Kigozi...
Public Urged To Maintain Vigilance Ahead of Festive Season
Security has urged the general public to maintain vigilance and fight criminality ahead of the Christmas festive season.
Fred Enanga the police spokesperson says this festive month of December attracts a lot of activities and other business transactions which give opportunity to criminals to steal, cheat, rob, and even scam or con members of the public, of their hard earned incomes or commodities.
“We have received complaints from people who are receiving calls or SMS texts, from fraudsters who claim to...
Museveni Deploys Military Officers As Ambassadors to Kigali, Tanzania
President Museveni has made fresh appointments for Ugandan ambassadors and heads of missions and some of the career diplomats didn’t make the cut.
According to the changes, the former MP Paul Amoru is now Uganda’s Ambassador to Pretoria while the former Deputy Chief of Defense Forces, Lt Gen Charles Angina is now Uganda’s Deputy Ambassador to Egypt.
Gen Angina is expected to coordinate defense and military relations between Kampala and Cairo.
President Museveni replaced career diplomat Amb. Richard Kabonero in Dar-es-Salaam with...
Government To Construct Industrial Park for Art & Entertainment Industry
The government has announced plans to construct an industrial park that will help in discovering and boosting talents for social economic development of Ugandans.
This was revealed yesterday by government chief whip Hon Thomas Tayebwa while delivering his speech at Kololo independence grounds during the closure of the first ever “Janzi Awards"
Janzi Awards aimed at rewarding the most creative and best actors, poets, singers, dancers, writers an initiative spearheaded by government through the operation Wealth Creation (OWC).
Hon Tayebwa said that creative industry...
