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Committee demands list of UPDF uniforms amid NUP attire controversy

The Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs on Tuesday directed the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Jacob Oboth Oboth, to provide a list of gazetted Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) uniforms and symbols. This will allow the committee to distinguish between official military attire and other clothing. This directive followed a complaint from Betty Nambooze, the Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament, and other National Unity Platform (NUP) members on the committee. The complaint arose during a meeting with Ministry of Defence officials and senior UPDF leaders to scrutinize the ministry’s budget framework for the next financial year. During the meeting, Nambooze asked the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, Lt. Gen. Samuel Okiding, to explain why NUP supporters wearing […]

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