National Unity Platform (NUP) founder Moses Kibalama has hailed the UPDF for giving him extraordinary care. This care and treatment helped see Kibalama recover from an illness he had been suffering from.Earlier last month, the UPDF admitted Kibalama to Bombo Military Hospital in a coma after he had tested positive for Covid-19. However, speaking on Sunday during a review on ...
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Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Gen Mugisha Muntu said the Army needs to stay away from politics as far as possible. He said there is a need to rethink the structuring of the army. This is in order to complete the transition of professionalized force under the command of civilian leadership. The former army commander made these remarks during an ...
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UPDF has warned the public against attacking officers as they enforce Covid SOPs. They say they will not hesitate to defend themselves. The UPDF spokesperson Brig Flavia Byekwaso said during security briefing. She was commenting about the incident where a soldier shot dead a boda boda rider. Apparently this cyclist, John Atugonza violated the presidents’ directives. “The deceased, John Akugonza, ...
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The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has started to manufacture oxygen for state-run hospitals that are rapidly using up what they have. They have also started manufacturing face masks and all this is to help tackle the deteriorating Coronavirus situation in the country. According to the UPDF, the army’s commercial arm, National Enterprises Corporation (NEC) will be doing the production. ...
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The media and the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) start the reconciliation process. They started this with a football match between themselves at Phillip Omondi Stadium at Lugogo. The media and the UPDF have had a very sour relationship especially since campaigns kicked off. Journalists accused UPDF of always targetting them for purposes of violence. The situation got even worse ...
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