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A day with MPs-elect at Kyankwanzi Sunday April 18 2021 Newly elected Members of Parliament at a retreat at the National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi, this week. PHOTOS | DAVID LUBOWA Summary Daily, they braved the military drills, took lessons in handling firearms, and had lectures to change their mindset and appreciate the NRM ideology, and got skills to later popularise the party among the citizenry, writes Arthur Arnold Wadero. After the National Resistance Movement (NRM) officials on ...

Why US declared travel ban on Ugandan officials Sunday April 18 2021 The affected Ugandan government officials, US says, are those that have records of being pivotal in undermining the democratic processes of landlocked Uganda. PHOTO/FILE/PPU Summary Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo says the world power has resorted to blackmail and sulking because the people they supported in the elections lost.  Advertisement The US Department of State on Friday announced a blanket travel ban on Ugand...

UN human rights experts on Tuesday urged Uganda to immediately stop the brutal crackdown on the political opposition which began in the lead-up to Januarys general elections and intensified after the disputed vote. "We are particularly alarmed by the reports of widespread and continued repression against opposition leaders and their supporters," the experts said. "More than 50 people have been killed as a result of the brutal policing methods, including the use of live ammunition fired without ...

Military leaders on Fort Bragg have taken to the internet airwaves to talk shop to the troops in the form of podcasts.  From the latest COVID-19 updates, to tackling topics of racism and addiction, theres a podcast for everything.  Here are a few to check out:  FORSCOM Frontline "FORSCOM Frontline" launched Feb. 12 with Gen. Michael Garrett, the U.S. Army Forces Command’s commander, as its inaugural guest.  The podcast is hosted by the U.S. Army Forces Command’s Public Affairs Office ...

Military leaders on Fort Bragg have taken to the internet airwaves to talk shop to the troops in the form of podcasts on the latest COVID-19 updates, topics of racism and addiction and more.

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The commander of Special Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, yesterday launched the Covid-19 vaccination exercise at the Forces’ headquarters in Entebbe. The SFC spokesperson, Maj Jimmy Dennis Omara, said after the launch, the directors and commanding officers under Special Forces Command (SFC) would also begin getting the shots. Related articles

End abductions, Human Rights Watch tells Museveni March 17, 2021 President Yoweri Museveni NAIROBI– Ugandan authorities should take immediate steps to end the ongoing abductions by suspected state agents and cease the unlawful detention without trial of opposition supporters, Human Rights Watch said in a statement issued Thursday, March 11. HRW says in its statement that on March 4, 2021, Internal Affairs minister Jeje Odongo presented a list to p...

The Fayetteville Observer Editors note: This story has been corrected to state that Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton will be leading the Joint Special Operations Command, which falls under the U.S. Special Operations Command. A previous version of the story incorrectly listed one of his commands.  The Department of Defense has announced 13 leadership changes for Fort Bragg, since the start of 2021. On Jan. 25, the chief of staff of the Army announced that Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton would be the commander...

Army denies medals, Special Forces insignia to soldier Trump pardoned for alleged murder Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY Trump: I am backing ‘war fighters’ in SEAL case Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – The Army has rejected an appeal to return medals for valor to retired Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a Special Forces soldier former President Donald Trump pardoned for alleged murder in Afghanistan. It was one of three high-profile cases in which Trump interceded on behalf of troop...