UPDF’s Lt. Gen. Okiding Inducted into Uganda Development Champions Journal
Lieutenant General Samuel Okiding, the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces and Inspector General of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), has been named a recipient...
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German Foreign Ministry Dismisses UPDF’s ‘Absurd’ Allegations, Asserts No Formal Military Cooperation
Berlin, May 26, 2025 — The German government has strongly denied allegations by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) that its ambassador in Kampala is...
UPDF Puts German Ambassador Under Surveillance Over Alleged Rebel Links
Kampala, Friday May 23, 2005 The German Ambassador to Uganda, His Excellency Mathias Schauer, is currently under close surveillance by Uganda’s military intelligence over alleged...
Shake-Up Looms in President’s Convoy Unit Over Torture of Next Media Employee’s Brother
The elite Special Forces Command (SFC), tasked with protecting President Yoweri Museveni, is under intense scrutiny after explosive allegations of torture surfaced involving a civilian...
UPDF in Juba: Uganda’s Shadow War Sparks Amnesty Outrage
In a fiery call to action, Amnesty International is urging the United Nations Security Council to clamp down on Uganda’s brazen involvement in South Sudan’s...
Inside the UPDF Amendment Bill: What Every Ugandan Should Know-Rewriting Justice In Camouflage ?
This afternoon, the corridors of Parliament will buzz with tension as lawmakers debate the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2025—an explosive proposal that promises...
How Security Tracked Tourist Kidnapper From Kanungu for Years
KANUNGU, UGANDA – After nearly six years on the run, a notorious fugitive believed to be behind the high-profile kidnapping of an American tourist...
Gen Muhoozi Picks Battle-Hardened Gen Otto to Lead UPDF’s Secret War
Uganda’s military intelligence command has a new face—battlefield strategist Maj. Gen. Richard Otto. In a decisive move, Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has...
Increase funding to eradicate the ADF threats
Despite its strong military capabilities relative to the region, Uganda is, and has for years been vulnerable to terrorism ranging from the Somali based Al...
Is UPDF Supplying Deadly Flammable Chemical Compound Used In South Sudan’s Nasir War Theater ?
An independent media investigation has pointed to the evidence of the deployment of ethyl acetate, a highly flammable chemical compound by the South Sudan defense...