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222 statements across 29 ministries, organised for fast retrieval.
By Serina Nagujja Across Uganda’s 270 prisons, walls built to hold a handful are now bursting at the seams. Today, over 82,000 inmates, from convicts serving time to suspects awaiting trial and ordinary debtors, are crammed into facilities designed for just 23,000. For every bed
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By Obed K. Katureebe President Yoweri Museveni has, for over the last 20 years, been passionately crusading for wealth creation for all Ugandans. Indeed, he has championed several programmers all meant to uplift the economic status of Ugandans. From Entandikwa to Operation Wealth
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By Carolyne Muyama Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, commended the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, for the CDF-Inter-Forces Drill Competitions and praised the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers and men for a strong p
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Disaster Preparedness issues a flood bulletin and pre-positions relief in Elgon and Teso.
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The Uganda People’s Defence Forces will stage the second CDF Interforces Drill Competition to strengthen joint readiness across services.
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The UPDF, Uganda Police and Uganda Prisons Service brief the press on the 18th Interforces Games.
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The Member of Parliament representing the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Director Human Resource Management at the Special Forces Command (SFC), Hon. Col. Night Ikiriza, has urged students of Kitende Secondary School to embrace patriotism, discipline, integrity and a p
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The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) is recruiting young men and women into its ranks.
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On Thursday, August 6, 2026, Parliament of Uganda approved a government proposal to deploy the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) to the Gaza Strip.
Read →Hundreds of youths from Kampala Central, Makindye and Nakawa are taking part in the UPDF recruitment exercise at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds today.
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Uganda reaffirms Africa’s commitment to peace in Somalia at the second extraordinary troop-contributing countries summit.
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Brigadier General John Mango Baraza has officially assumed office as the Chief of Staff (COS) of the Special Forces Command (SFC), succeeding Brigadier General Paul Wanyera Namawa, who is set to attend a National Defence Course at Kimaka in Jinja.
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