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Fear engulfed the Ministry of Defense offices on Friday morning when a 76-year-old woman collapsed while in an elevator and died eventually. The woman has been identified as Annet Musumba, a resident of Mbale. Musumba had gone to the Defense offices to make some inquiries about her deceased son Andrew Muduli
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After his dogs, Kasirye Ggwanga loved the media, and he received the same love back. Too often he appeared in media interviews and offered interesting headlines. The media will, however, not be able to be part of his send-off tomorrow (Friday). Ggwanga will be laid to rest in Nkene village Busunju,
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Maj. Robert Nkwasibwe, an Uganda people's defence forces (UPDF) officer in Hoima district is reported to have been battered on Thursday, May, 28 by locals while enforcing the president's directives of the coronavirus disease. "On the night of May 26, 2020, a group of drunkards at Gala trading centre in Kyankwanzi
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UPDF Members of Parliament are divided on whether to donate Shs 2m monthly to the Covid19 national taskforce. The UPDF representatives led by Gen Elly Tumwine returned a total of shs 200m to the task force on Tuesday and also promised to donate 2m from their salaries monthly. Grapevine news, however,
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The Uganda’s National Security Council has set up an Inter-Agency Joint Task Force (JTF) at National and Regional levels to support the Ministry of Health in Combatting CODIV 19 pandemic in Uganda. The task force which is led by the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also Commander-In-Chief of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), has passed out UPDF commandos after undergoing a 16 months qualification course of Special Forces. This was the 4th intake of it's kind and was conducted at Butiaba Marines training School in Buliisa District. The President expressed satisfaction with
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A Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier named Geoffrey Okello who is accused of shooting four people, three of whom died has been arrested. The soldier is reported to have had an argument with a one Beatrice Ajok, a resident in Vanguard sub ward, Pece Division, Gulu municipality. Okello accused
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The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has announced that it will hold its 39th Tarehe Sita celebrations in Luwero Triangle. According to Brigadier Richard Karemire, the UPDF spokesman, the celebrations will be happening in four districts of Luwero, Nakaseke, Nakasongola and Wakiso. “This area has been chosen because of the special historical
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The floods that ravaged Kampala City on Saturday left lots of property destroyed and at least three people dead, among them, a marine officer with the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) named Sgt Godfrey Mwondha. Mwondwa was swept by running water and discovered in Mbuya Katoogo swamp, which is often used
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On Thursday, UPDF closed a four months refresher course of 2000 LDUs at Hima army training school based in Kavera Barracks, Hima town council, Kasese District. The LDUs were picked from northern and Eastern parts of Uganda. In his message, the Chief guest and Commander Land Forces Lt Gen Peter Elwelu who
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