Tag: LDU

Police in Wakiso have in custody six Local Defence Unit (LDU) guards in connection to recent armed robberies reported in the district. According to police these were arrested following an ...

President Museveni, who is also the  Commander in chief of the  Ugandan armed forces has urged  leaders in the country  to emulate the army on how to live simply and ...

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has announced nationwide recruitment exercise of Local Defence Unit personnel (LDUs) starting next week. According to the press statement dated August 19, 2021 by ...

The UPDF has kicked off investigations into circumstances under which a junior commander went berserk to shoot dead four people including two colleagues and civilians. The incident according to the ...

The UPDF deputy commander of Land Forces, Maj Gen Sam Kavuma, yesterday closed a Local Defence Unit (LDU) refresher training of the last batch at first division headquarters in Kakiri, ...

The Third Division Court Martial (3rd DCM) sitting at the division headquarters in Moroto district, yesterday sentenced Logwang Apakuto, a member of the Local Defence Unit, to a 30-year imprisonment ...

President Museveni has directed the Inspector General of Police, John Martins Okoth Ochola to issue a manual to all police officers and Local Defence Unit personnel on how to use ...

The UPDF first Division Court Martial chaired by Col Sam Mugyenyi sentenced a Local Defence Unit commander to four months imprisonment for assaulting Mityana district LC5 chairman, Joseph Luzige . ...

Local Defence Unit personnel in Mukono have arrested a man with a military warm suit and several other military items in an operation mounted on Tuesday night. According to the ...

Local Defence Unit personnel are set to resume operations after completing a two -week refresher course at the Kakiri military barracks, the UPDF has said. According to the army spokesperson, ...