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PRESS STATEMENT Kampala, Tuesday October 27, 2026. Major General Oscar Munanura Appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security UPDF The Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has promoted Brig Oscar Munanura to the rank of Acting Major General and appointed him the new Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security (CDIS) of the UPDF. He was serving as Deputy CDIS to Major General Richard Otto, the outgoing CDIS who has been seconded to the Joint Staff Human Resource Management for redeployment. The UPDF fraternity congratulates Ag Maj General Oscar Munanura for the promotion and appointment, and commends Maj General Richard Otto for the great work he has done during his tenure. We wish the General Officers good luck in their new duties. CHRIS MAGEZI Colonel Acting Director Defence Public Information Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs/UPDF

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba also urged the graduates to report to their assigned units to gain hands-on experience, calling their choice to serve Uganda “the highest expression of patriotic calling.” The ceremony also highlighted that six Ugandan officers completed officer cadet courses abroad, including Ruhamya Kainerugaba and Bakira Andrew in the United Kingdom and four others in India. They were commissioned alongside their colleagues by the President. In his remarks, Defence and Veteran Affairs Minister Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka expressed appreciation for the President’s commitment to national defence, military excellence and UPDF professionalisation, and commended the CDF and leadership for improving welfare and fighting corruption. Academy Commandant Brig. Gen. Saad Katemba highlighted the rigorous preparation, discipline and milestones achieved by the graduating cohort. He thanked the President and the UPDF leadership for providing an enabling environment for the training. The graduation was also attended by Edith Butuuro, Undersecretary for Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Defence; Commander Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Okidi; Chief of Joint Staff Lt. Gen. Jack Bakasumba; and Chief of Training and Doctrine Maj. Gen. Wyclieff Keita, among other senior UPDF officials and government leaders. Representatives from Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania were also present. 2/2 Source: Defence Press Unit

Allegations in New York Times Against General Muhoozi Kainerugaba Scandalous Kampala, Saturday October 10, 2026 Reference is made to an article in the American newspaperNew York Times by writer Megan K. Stack titled ‘The Authoritarian Future is Already Here’ published on October 8, 2026. The author of the article regurgitates long held, twisted opposition and activist narratives against the government in Kampala, and in doing so, levels disparaging, unfounded, and utterly scandalous allegations against the person of General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the UPDF Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations. To start with, the latest publication in the New York Times is continuation of a vile campaign in recent years by western media conglomerates against General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, for quite obviously imperialistic reasons. In September 2024, The Telegraph, a British newspaper, published a vicious attack against General Muhoozi Kainerugaba titled “Hardman who may be Uganda’s next president is Putin fan and asked Meloni to marry him.” In September 2025, the Wall Street Journal headlined an article against General Muhoozi Kainerugaba entitled “He Jokes About Trump and Invading Kenya - and May Be Uganda’s Next President”. The British Economist Magazine has similarly churned out a succession of vitriolsagainst the General lately, like one recent publication in September 2026 titled “From Autocracy to Despotism”. In all cases, the articles and “expert analysis” are trivial, sensational, and low on substance. What is clear though is that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba is not their (western media) preferred successor of choice to a post-Museveni Uganda. They would rather have the lackey Robert Kyagulanyi in-charge, or others of similar kin. However, the future of Uganda is a choice that will be firmly determined by Ugandans when the time comes. In the latest prejudiced New York Times missive against General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, one allegation stands out. The author writes, quoting an exiled Ugandan dissident Kakwenza Rukirabashaija: ‘…during the first visit [while in detention], the General [Kainerugaba] ordered the author (Kakwenza) – the taller of the two men – to bend over to make himself shorter and to remove his pants to reveal the size of his penis. She continues, ‘on the second visit, General Kainerugaba offered Kakwenza a bribe to keep quiet about the abuse he had suffered. Kakwenza just looked at the floor… he could not even stand.’ Earlier in the same article, Kakwenza claimed he was viciously flogged and beaten so badly while in detention that his ankle bones fractured, he suffered damaged kidneys, and his back laced with scars. The inconsistencies in the story are quite laughable. In one instance, Kakwenza, allegedly the taller of the two men, is ordered to “bend over to make himself shorter”, and in the next, his ankles are shattered and “he could not even stand”. Quite remarkable. The lies are clear to see, outlandish, cheap, and miserable. What is more, baseless and unfounded character assassination of African leaders should be dismissed out of hand by rational thinking members of society with the contempt deserved. To put it clear, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has never met Kakwenza Rukirabashaija in his life. Kakwenza is a known fiction teller, and the latest episode in the previously respectable New York Times is a fine figment of his imagination. (1/2)

The tallest flag pole in sub-Saharan Africa at the new MODVA and Joint UPDF Services Headquarters. Soon it will be adorned with the largest flag.

Government Repatriates Kony Wives and Children from Central African Republic Friday, 22 May 2026 Two young women and wives to Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony were yesterday received at the UPDF Airbase in Entebbe after being flown in from Bangui, the Central African Republic (CAR).   Ugandan Ikol Grace, 33, and her two children, Ayuma Maria, 8, and Oryema Bosco, 2, and South Sudanese national Aniyessi Teregina, also 33, holding one of Kony’s orphaned children aged 2, were received and escorted from CAR to Uganda by the Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security (CDIS), Major General Richard OTTO. Ikol Grace was abducted aged 10 in 2003 from Amuria District while Aniyessi Teregina was abducted in 2006 aged 13 from Yambio, Western Equatorial state in South Sudan.  She will be facilitated to travel to her home in South Sudan in due course. In all, 8 Kony wives and 13 children escaped from captivity in January this year after their camp was attacked by an armed group south of Darfur near the border of CAR, Sudan, and South Sudan.   The other women, Congolese and CAR citizens, along with their children, were handed over to their families in the respective countries.   In 2023 and 2024, over 150 LRA returnees, including some of Kony’s wives and children were returned to Uganda from CAR after escaping LRA captivity.   CHRIS MAGEZI Colonel Acting Director Defence Public Information MoDVA/UPDF