http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=90&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= Uganda Radio Network (URN) is a subscription-based independent news agency and training center that produces current affairs programs, documentaries and the latest news on Uganda. en-en http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/images/logo.png http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=90&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=52499 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=52499 Brigadier Clovis Kalyebara, Uganda’s Military Attaché to Kenya, has died. Kalyebara, aged 57, died on Tuesday night at Nairobi Hospital. ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:04:01 +0300 0.668129 30.2808 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=52464 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=52464 The installation of Major Martin Kamya as cultural leader or Omudinganya of the Bamba community has been postponed for the second time. Major Kamya, a serving army officer, was slated to be installed as the leader of Obhudingiya Bwa Bwamba-OBB cultural institution in Bundibugyo district on Friday May 17th, but the ceremony has been cancelled. ]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 15:06:09 +0300 1.28009 32.3862 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=52355 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=52355 Several bridges, roads and buildings were destroyed by the floods. Some of the destroyed infrastructure is under repair]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 05:05:07 +0300 0.17209 30.0858 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51855 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51855 The Uganda People’s Defense Forces—UPDF is set to recruit an additional 1,400 local defense unit (LDU) personnel in Karamoja sub-region, raising the number to 3500. In 2010, President Yoweri Museveni ordered the army to recruit and train about 2000 LDUs to help boost the disarmament exercise in the sub region.]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:26:11 +0300 2.52987 34.6623 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51740 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51740 Samuel Ayeni, a victim of the fresh cross border rustling says his son- Lotingilio was shot and injured by the Karimojong rustlers of recent in a raid. ]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:24:03 +0300 2.52987 34.6623 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51505 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51505 Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga urges the army to ensure they do not drop the baton in repulsing ADF rebels who try to enter Ugandan territory. Anything less would be a betrayal of Kankiriho's mission as 2nd division commander. ]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:06:59 +0300 -0.19639 30.8442 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51294 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51294 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:33:31 +0300 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51358 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51358 Brigadier Patrick Knakiriho the second division commander is dead. 52-year-old Brigadier Kankiriho is famed for commanding ‘Operation Lightening Thunder’ in 2008 that forced the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels out of Garamba forest.]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:04:15 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50727 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50727 Three suspected Karimojong warriors are in police custody at Moroto Central Police station for allegedly beating up and disarming a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces soldier at Nabwal village in Napak district.]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:35:03 +0300 2.52987 34.6623 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50522 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50522 The Uganda People’s Defence Force has said some of its soldiers have been arrested over the early Monday incident when a group of armed people attempted an attack on a military facility at Mbuya near Kampala city centre.]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:57:34 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50404 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50404 Security agencies are investigating a shooting incident at Mbuya military barracks on Monday morning. Col Felix Kulayigye, the spokesperson of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), says in a statement that a group of people he called thugs attacked one of the guards deployed North East at the barracks with intentions to grab his gun. ]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:46:39 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50334 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50334 The army identifies the suspects as Joseph Louse and Phillip Lolem, all residents of Moruita Sub County in Nakapiripirit district.]]> Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:30:24 +0300 2.52987 34.6623 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49993 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49993 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:53:20 +0300 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49957 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49957 Ugandan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia-Amisom have continued the push to take over positions still held by Al Shabaab militias with the capture last evening of Jawar airfield.]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:03:13 +0300 2.0835 45.3289 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49826 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49826 The UPDF captured the strategic towns of Barrire, Aw dheegle, and Janaale that are situated along river Shabelle in an early morning battle. ]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:25:11 +0300 2.0835 45.3289 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49671 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49671 They accuse some senior army officials of conniving to grab their cradle land under guise of setting up an army demonstration farm. ]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:57:40 +0300 2.90123 31.8501 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49623 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49623 Leader of Opposition Nandala Mafabi has demanded clarification from government on issues he says have thrown the country in a state of panic and fear especially regarding the reported military coup and Uganda’s involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:39:08 +0300 6.90322 79.9109 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49295 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49295 The Uganda People’s Defence Force – UPDF – intends to reintroduce army chaplains, a decision that reverses its long standing stance of having no religion since early 1980s when it was still a guerrilla force.]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:54:44 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49190 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49190 The United Nations has maintained a 19,000-strong peace-keeping and stabilization force in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest in the world, but the instability in the mineral-rich country persists.]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:41:21 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49191 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49191 The body of Brigadier Charles Arube, the former Chief of Staff during former president Idi Amin’s regime who reportedly went missing is to be accorded a military re burial by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces.]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:40:35 +0300 0.314269 32.5729