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The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has commenced a twenty one-day documentation and sensitisation exercise for retirement and discharge UPDF Officers and militants under Batch 12 who are scheduled to retire in July this year.  The exercise was launched  on Monday 25 April 2022 at the 1st Infantry Division Headquarters in Kakiri, Wakiso District. A total of 145 officers...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni together with the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Hon. Janet Museveni and the President of Rwanda H.E Gen. Paul Kagame last evening graced a dinner in honpour of Lt. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The dinner was hosted by President Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni in honor of Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s 48th birthday...

The Late Mwai Kibaki’s body is lying in state in the Kenyan Parliament. The former Head of state will lie in state for the next three days. Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s president and his deputy William Ruto were among the first Government officials to arrive at Parliament this morning for body viewing. Kibaki who died Friday last week will laid to rest on...

“Last night, I hosted H.E President Paul Kagame, eminent leaders of the Government of Uganda, distinguished guests in their respective capacities, family, friends and relatives to a private dinner in honour of Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba” -President Museveni

This year’s 14th Edition of the CDF soccer cup tournament that is played annually on a rotational basis, started on 24th April 2022, at Buhinga stadium in Fort Portal tourist city.The soccer tournament comprising of 19 football teams drawn from Divisions, Brigades and independent units, and six netball teams, started with a route match along the streets of Fort...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have agreed to push for joint regional peace and stability by addressing the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the East African Community Block. The two leaders today held a bilateral meeting over a range of issues at State House Entebbe. President Kagame is in Uganda on a private...

President Uhuru Kenyatta officially announced Mwai Kibaki’s death on Friday at State House, Nairobi. Kibaki served as the third president of the Republic of Kenya from 2002 to 2013. President Kenyatta has declared a period of mourning, including the flying of flags at half-mast until a state funeral is held for Kibaki. Details to follow.

The Second Regional Heads of State Conclave on the Democratic Republic of Congo convened in Nairobi, Kenya on 21st April, 2022. The Conclave, hosted by His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, was attended by His Excellency Félix AntoineTSHISEKEDI Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo; His Excellency Évariste NDAYISHIMIYE, President of the Republic of Burundi; His Excellency Yoweri MUSEVENI, President of the...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this afternoon met and held discussions with leaders from Kabarole led by the Minister of Tourism, Hon. Col. Tom Butime, and the Bishop of Fort Portal Diocese, Rt. Rev. Robert Muhiirwa. The meeting took place at the President’s country home in Rwakitura, Kiruhura District. President Museveni and the delegation from Kabarole discussed the upcoming Uganda Martyrs...

On a visit to Hargeisa , a senior United Nations official pledged the world body’s support for efforts to rebuild the Waheen marketplace which was recently destroyed in a blaze. “I am here primarily to reassure our partners in the government of Somaliland, civil society, the business community and all those affected, that the UN is here, and we are...