Minister Ssempijja has emphasized UPDF junior officers’ welfare, announcing a minimum monthly salary of sh1m. Despite COVID-19 delays, plans for salary adjustments remain. Ssempijja highlighted Uganda’s role in regional stability, criticized cultural impositions, and addressed retirement packages.
The East African Community Regional Force Commander Major General Aphaxard Kiugu has commended the UPDF contingent in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for the good discipline, commitment, and resilience they maintained in mission evidenced during their routine activities in the course of executing the EACRF mandateduring his last command visit to the UPDF at its tactical contingent headquarters in Niongera Kiwanja of Rutshuru territory to bid farewell to the contingent troops.
President Yoweri Museveni, also the Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, presided over the graduation of 45 Air Force Defence trainees at Kalangala Marine Training School. He congratulated the officers and pledged government support for local infrastructure, promising road construction in Kasanje and Nakawuka villages during stopovers.
President Museveni announces UPDF’s success in Operation Shujaa, revealing seven coordinated attacks against ADF insurgents in the DRC, resulting in significant setbacks for the terrorist organization. He urges citizens to remain vigilant in the face of potential reprisal attacks.
President Museveni issued Executive Order barring armed Turkana elements from entering Uganda until resolving issues of illegal arms and criminal activity. Four Turkana warriors were killed by UPDF after defying the order.
Major General Leopold Kyanda, the Joint Chief of Staff of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), commended the remarkable efforts and advancements made by the UPDF Engineers Brigade during their modifications to the passenger terminal building at Entebbe International Airport on November 16th, 2023.
The Commandant National Defence College – Uganda, Maj Gen Francis Okello has re-echoed the call for the mechanisation of agriculture as a means of boosting food in Uganda both for local consumption and export given that agriculture is the backbone of Uganda.
UPDF and FARDC forces working together have claimed to have killed at least 20 ADF militants in eastern DR Congo. Twenty rebels were neutralized in an operation that saw the joint forces launch a surprise attack on an ADF camp in the dense forests south-west of the River Lusulubi close to the River Semuliki-Rwenzori Sector. […]
