The Minister for Defence, Jacob Oboth Oboth, is pushing for an expanded role for military forces, with a new structure that would empower the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) to take on more ...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, 80, has defended the use of military courts to try civilians - following an outcry over ...

Sun Tzu did not forget KB. The man has been disturbing Mzee since 1999. Now he is in jail with Diddy, even though their ...

Both Kakuru and Obura’s rulings highlight fundamental flaws in the Court Martial’s claim to jurisdiction over civilians. They ...

While the mission praises foray for fighting ADF, observers see nothing more than interest in an area that boasts gold, which ...

Does History Repeat Itself? The Independent looks back 10 years by reproducing a COVER STORY from 2015 that illustrates the ...

President Yoweri Museveni, who praised military courts for contributing to the East African nation's peace, has been in power since 1986 [Getty Images] Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni ...

Elwelu, a long-serving officer who has held pivotal roles such as Commander of the Land Forces and, most recently, Deputy CDF, was replaced by Lt Gen Sam Okiding shortly after Muhoozi assumed the ...

While the mission praises foray for fighting ADF, observers see nothing more than interest in an area that boasts gold, which ...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, 80, has defended the use of military courts to try civilians - following an outcry over the arrest and trial of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. His 68-year-old ...