Kasasira Munono

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

@ManUtd COYG

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

Limiting all posts to only verified accounts to reply 😀✌🏿

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

What a time for a parent to be alive and witness their children’s success

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

Ruhamya kainerugaba and Andrew Ruyondo graduate at the prestigious army school #sandhurst .
Joined in celebration by @mkainerugaba and family.

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

What should really one do to eat on Elon’s money, I have lost the strong 😩😅

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

Congratulations afande this is a remarkable achievement for the generational.

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

I have accepted guys, let me go and dig 🙌🏿😂

[Shaka Fred @FredShaka]

QN; Rate General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s leadership as the Chief of Defence Forces.

[Bruce K @TheBruceK]

While y’all celebrate Ray’s performance at Kololo, I’m still congratulating these two young army officers. 🇺🇬👏🏿 @Afanderuhamya

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

They both still rushed outside. They didn't learn anything after being outsmarted 😀

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

@famitsu ☺️

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

Following the father’s footsteps 🩶

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

Solidarity 🎶🤞🤞

[Ray G @Ray_G_official]

Time Check 7:30pm 🙏

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

It can never happen for this young boy to be a Lt Col, NEVER!
Something must be wrong, either it’s AI or he borrowed pips

[Shaka Fred @FredShaka]

Kano kalikatya bantu bange?.🥰

[Chris Magezi @ChrisOMagezi]

EASF Reassured by UPDF’s Readiness for Regional Peace Support Operations

Nakaseke, Friday 7 August 2026

The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) has conducted a verification exercise of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) deployment capabilities for peace support operations at the International Peace Support Operations Training Centre (IPSO-TC) in Singo.

The exercise, conducted under the EASF Activity Plan 2026, assessed the personnel and equipment Uganda has pledged to the regional standby force as part of efforts to ensure member states maintain a multidimensional capability ready for rapid deployment in support of peace operations across Eastern Africa.

Leading the EASF delegation, Force Commander Brigadier General Stephen Maina Huria commended the UPDF for its professionalism, high training standards, and continued commitment to advancing collective regional security.

"We are really excited and happy that you have joined in this, and we are in this together because when you consider yourself as East Africa's Standby Force, you're part of it. I am really impressed by the way you conduct your training. It is very detailed," Brig Gen Huria said.

He said the verification exercise had confirmed the battalion's operational readiness and ability to contribute to future regional peace support missions.

"The troops are mission-ready and highly motivated, well equipped for the task. I can assure you, I am fully satisfied that your forces are ready," he said.

The Commandant of the International Peace Support Operations Training Centre, Colonel Moses Nabaasa, said the centre remains a key institution in preparing military personnel for regional and international peace support operations, underscoring Uganda's longstanding commitment to collective security under both African Union and international frameworks.

"Our commitment has been demonstrated through our contributions to global peace and security through active participation in peace support operations in various regional countries like Somalia, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and many other theatres where we found ourselves as UPDF operators in peace in the whole region," Col Nabaasa said.

He noted that the standby force had been trained in accordance with EASF and United Nations standards and remains prepared for rapid deployment whenever called upon.

"We have no doubt that our Standby Force has all the attributes required. Once given an opportunity at short notice to operate in any environment, we are always ready for the cause," he said.

Col Nabaasa added that the contingent had undergone comprehensive individual and collective training to meet operational requirements and enhance interoperability with other regional forces.

The verification exercise also assessed Uganda's pledged police and civilian components, reflecting the multidimensional approach to peace support operations promoted under the African Union Peace and Security Architecture.

The Eastern Africa Standby Force is a regional security mechanism comprising Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda, established to strengthen collective responses to conflicts and humanitarian crises across the region.

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

Wishing all the best to God's Army @MODVA_UPDF @mkainerugaba

[Chris Magezi @ChrisOMagezi]

UPDF to Deploy in Gaza, Parliament Confirms

Kampala, Friday 7 August 2026

The Ugandan parliament on Thursday approved a government motion to deploy a Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) contingent to the Gaza Strip as part of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), following an invitation from the United States.

The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, tabled the motion during the 14th sitting of the 1st meeting of the 1st session of the 12th Parliament, chaired by Deputy Speaker Rt Hon Thomas Tayebwa.

Hon Kiwanuka moved the motion under Section 38 of the UPDF Act, Cap.330, and Rule 61(1)(k) of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, 2025, SI No. 43 of 2025.

He mentioned that Article 210 (d) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda mandates parliament to make laws regulating the UPDF, including the deployment of troops outside Uganda.

He added that Section 38 of the UPDF Act provides that “the President may deploy troops outside Uganda for purposes of peace keeping or enforcement with the approval of parliament.”

Giving background, the minister recalled that on 7 October 2023, Hamas and allied groups launched an attack into Southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 hostages. Israel responded with a military campaign that has caused “mayhem in Gaza strip”.

“The current Israel-Palestine conflict is rooted to more than a century of competing national movements, disputed territory, repeated wars and failed peace efforts that has led to extensive destruction in the Gaza Strip, a very high death toll, mass displacement and severe humanitarian crisis requiring immediate intervention to protect civilians and allow for increased humanitarian access in the parts affected directly by the conflict,” noted minister Kiryowa.

He told MPs that at its 10,046th meeting on 17 November 2025, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2803(2025), which welcomes the establishment of the Board of Peace (BoP) as a transitional administration to coordinate redevelopment of Gaza, until the Palestine Authority completes its reform programme.

He said Resolution 2803 (2025) calls upon member states and international organisations to work with the BoP to identify opportunities that contribute personnel, equipment and financial resources to its operating entities and to give full recognition to the International Stabilization Force (ISF) acts and documents,” said the minister.

According to Hon Kiwanuka, in July 2026 President Donald John Trump of the USA, through several emissaries, contacted President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni seeking Uganda’s contribution to the ISF by sending a UPDF contingent.

“On various dates within the month of July, 2026, the Republic of Uganda in accordance with section 38 of the UPDF’s senior leadership and officials of the US Embassy in Kampala, as well as with the leadership of Internatioanal Stabilisation Force on the deployment of UPDF contingent to the Gaza Strip.”

The minister said President Museveni is “ready to deploy in the Gaza strip the desired UPDF contingent in accordance with section 38 of the UPDF Act”.

He cited six justifications, including Uganda’s commitment to National Objective XXVII(ii) on participation in organisations that stand for peace, and Uganda’s track record in AUSSOM in Somalia, South Sudan, CAR and UN missions.

“Uganda’s participation as part of the ISF will aid in preventing further conflicts in the region thus contributing to broader international security by reducing risks of renewed armed conflict between isreal and Palestine, preventing extremist group from exploiting instability and sabotage the ceasefire implementation process.”

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

The army of liberation @MODVA_UPDF

[Kasasira Munono @Munono_1]

Mzee was really made of a different material, trekking 195km at his age 🙌🏿

[Godfrey Omuyombo @Godfrey__K]

When President Museveni lectured the security forces on how to hold the gun when controlling the crowds during the 2020 Afrika Kwetu trek