updf
-
News
Over 100 youth in Mbale join UPDF
MBALE CITY, July 9, 2024 – A total of 107 youth from Mbale district and Mbale City will join the Uganda People’s Defence Forces [ UPDF ] after undergoing a recruitment exercise…
Read More » -
News
MPs quiz UPDF bosses over launch of private security services business
KAMPALA, July 8, 2024 – Members of Parliament are unsettled that Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] runs a company that offers private security services in the country, saying it is likely to…
Read More » -
News
FPU embarks on sensitisation of communities against illegal fishing
NTOROKO, May 25, 2024 – The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit [FPU] led by the unit commander, Lt. Col. Mercy Tukahirwa has embarked on sensitising fishing communities against illegal fishing.…
Read More » -
News
Kiruhura: NAGRC Boss asks UPDF to protect Nshaara Ranch from land grabbers
MBARARA, March 28, 2024 – The National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank [NAGRC & DB] Executive Director, Peter Beine has asked for military manpower to protect Nshaara Ranch from being…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
WSACCO to hit Shs 1trn in assets by 2025, top official says
JINJA, March 27, 2024 – The Chief Executive Officer of UPDF’s Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [WSACCO], Col. Freddy Joseph Onata is confident they will hit a target of Shs 1…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
WSACCO opens 10th branch in Fort Portal City
FORT PORTAL CITY, March 19, 2024 – In a bid to bring services closer to its members, Wazalendo Savings and Cooperative Society Limited [ WSACCO ] has opened its 10th cash branch…
Read More » -
News
UPDF, Chinese start manufacturing automobile filters in Mbale Industrial Park
MBALE CITY, February 10, 2024 – The National Enterprise Cooperation [NEC], the investment arm of the Uganda People’s Defence Force [UPDF], and Chinese company WATU-China have commissioned a plant in Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial…
Read More » -
Cooperatives & Communities
UPDF, Lira City Council to clean major market monthly
LIRA City, February 6, 2024 – The Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] 5th Infantry Division, and Lira City Council have agreed to carry out general cleanliness in Lira Main Market every month. This…
Read More » -
Eastern
Teso: RDCs urged on strengthening security to foster economic development
MBALE, January 11, 2024 – The Resident District Commissioners [RDCs] and District Internal Security Officers [DISOs] in Teso Sub-region have been urged to collaborate with the Uganda People’s Defence Force [UPDF] and…
Read More » -
Western
Kabale: Absenteeism of health workers attributed to housing gaps
KABALE, November 10, 2023 – Increasing cases of absenteeism and late coming of health workers have been blamed on lack of enough staff houses at the health centres established in Kabale district.…
Read More »