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Kabamba, Uganda
Kabamba is a location in Mubende District, Central Uganda. Location Kabamba is located approximately , by road, southwest of Mubende, the location of the district headquarters. Its location lies close to the northern banks of River Katonga, where it intersects with ''Villa Road'', approximately , west of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The coordinates of Kabamba are:0°15'00.0"N, 31°11'06.0"E (Latitude:0.2500; Longitude:31.1850). History By 1981, Kabamba housed a military base, known as the "Kabamba Military Barracks" or "Kabamba Training School". This location housed "several companies" belonging to the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) whose members were training soldiers of Uganda's then-national military, the Uganda National Liberation Army. In addition, the base hosted a large armoury. In an attempt to capture the weapons of the armoury, the Popular Resistance Army (PRA) rebel group under Yoweri Museveni launched a raid on th ...
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Flag Of Uganda
The flag of Uganda ( Ugandan Languages: ''Bendera ya Uganda'') was adopted on 9 October 1962, the date that Uganda became independent from the British Empire. It consists of six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom); a white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist's side. During the colonial era the British used a British Blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge, as prescribed in 1865 regulations. Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in the colony of Uganda, had its own flag. However, in order to avoid appearing to give preference to one region of the colony over any other, the British colonial authorities selected the crane emblem for use on the Blue ensign and other official banners. History When the Democratic Party ruled the country, a design for flag was proposed. It had vertical stripes of green-blue-green, separated by narrower yellow stripes, an ...
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Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then current military general Tito Okello and general Bale Travor that toppled Ugandan presidents Milton Obote and Idi Amin before he captured power in 1986. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Museveni was celebrated by the Western world as part of a new generation of African leaders. Museveni's presidency has been marred by involvement in the First Congo War, the Rwandan Civil War, and other African Great Lakes conflicts; the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Northern Uganda, which caused a humanitarian emergency; and constitutional amendments, scrapping presidential term limits in 2005, and the presidential age limit in 2017. Museveni's rule has been described by scholars as competitive authoritarianism, or illiberal democracy. Press has been ...
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Populated Places In Central Region, Uganda
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with ind ...
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Uganda People's Defense Force
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000 and consisted of land forces and an air wing. Recruitment to the forces is done annually. After Uganda achieved independence in October 1962, British officers retained most high-level military commands. Ugandans in the rank and file claimed this policy blocked promotions and kept their salaries disproportionately low. These complaints eventually destabilized the armed forces, already weakened by ethnic divisions. Each post-independence regime expanded the size of the army, usually by recruiting from among people of one region or ethnic group, and each government employed military force to subdue political unrest. History The origins of the Ugandan armed forces can be traced to 1902, when the Uganda Battalion of the King's African R ...
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Military Of Uganda
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000 and consisted of land forces and an air wing. Recruitment to the forces is done annually. After Uganda achieved independence in October 1962, British officers retained most high-level military commands. Ugandans in the rank and file claimed this policy blocked promotions and kept their salaries disproportionately low. These complaints eventually destabilized the armed forces, already weakened by ethnic divisions. Each post-independence regime expanded the size of the army, usually by recruiting from among people of one region or ethnic group, and each government employed military force to subdue political unrest. History The origins of the Ugandan armed forces can be traced to 1902, when the Uganda Battalion of the King's African R ...
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List Of Military Schools In Uganda
, Uganda maintained the following military training institutions: * Bihanga Military Training School - Located at Bihanga, in Ibanda District, Western Region. * Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School - Located at Kabamba, Mubende District, Central Region * National Leadership Institute - Located at Kyankwanzi, Kyankwanzi District * Oliver Tambo School of Leadership - Located at Kaweweta, Nakaseke District * Uganda Special Forces School - Located at Kaweweta, Nakaseke District * Uganda Military Air Force Academy - Located at Nakasongola in Nakasongola District * Uganda Military Engineering College - Located at Lugazi, Buikwe District * Uganda Junior Staff College - Located at Qaddafi Barracks, Jinja * Uganda Military Academy - Located at Kabamba, Mubende District * Uganda Senior Command and Staff College - Located at Kimaka, Jinja * Uganda Urban Warfare Training School - Located at Singo, Nakaseke District * National Defence College, Uganda, Located in Njeru, Buikwe Dist ...
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Uganda Military Academy
The Uganda Military Academy, is a military academy in Uganda, East Africa. Traditionally, graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Uganda People's Defence Force. Other African countries also send their cadets to the academy for training. Location The military academy is located in the town of Kabamba, approximately , by road, southwest of the town of Mubende, in Mubende District, in the Central Region of Uganda. Kabamba is located approximately , west of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the country's largest city. The coordinates of Kabamba are: 0°15'00.0"N, 31°11'06.0"E (Latitude:0.2500; Longitude:31.1850). History The academy was formed in 2007 by merging the Cadet Officer School, which was originally housed at Jinja, with the Uganda School of Infantry, originally housed at Kabamba. Past Commandants at the institution have included Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti, ''Major General Chachu Neutral'', and the late Brigadier Clovis Kalyebara ...
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Masaka
Masaka is a city in the Buganda Region of Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District. Location Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The city is close to the Equator. The coordinates of Masaka are 0°20'28.0"S, 31°44'10.0"E (Latitude:-0.341111; Longitude:31.736111). Masaka lies at an average elevation of above sea level. History Masaka was founded as a township in 1953. It became a town council in 1958 and a municipality in 1968. Masaka was a strategically important location during the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79), and was accordingly garrisoned by Uganda Army troops. These soldiers terrorized the local civilians, and most fled the town. On 23–24 February 1979, the Tanzania People's Defence Force and allied Ugandan rebels attacked the settlement, resulting in the Battle of Masaka. The town was bombarded with artillery, and fell to the Tanzanian-led forces after light resistance. The Tanza ...
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Kyegegwa
Kyegegwa is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kyegegwa District. Location Kyegegwa is located on the Mubende–Kyegegwa–Kyenjojo–Fort Portal Road, the main highway between Mubende and Fort Portal. Kyegegwa is approximately by road east of Fort Portal, the largest city in the Toro sub-region. This is approximately , by road, west of Kampala, the capital of and largest city in Uganda. Th geographical coordinates of he town are 0°28'49.0"N, 31°03'17.0"E (Latitude:0.480278; Longitude:31.054722). Population The national census of September 2002, enumerated 6,747 inhabitants in Kyegegwa Town. In 2014, the national population census put the population at 18,729. In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of the town at 20,000 people. In 2020, the statistics agency estimated the mid-year population of Kyegegwa Town Council at 29,400 people. Of these, 14,700 (50 percent) were ...
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Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School
The Karama Armoured Warfare Training School (KAWATS), is an Armoured Warfare Training School in Uganda, East Africa. Typically, graduates are commanders in the Uganda People's Defence Force. Other African countries also send their military personnel to the school for training. Location The school is located in Kabamba, Mubende District, Central Uganda. This location, lies approximately , by road, southwest of Mubende, the nearest large town and the location of the district headquarters. Kabamba is located approximately , west of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The coordinates of Kabamba are:0°15'00.0"N, 31°11'06.0"E (Latitude:0.2500; Longitude:31.1850). History The school, built by Uganda's Ministry of Defence, at a cost of USh 1.8 billion (approximately US$730,000), was commissioned in February 2005. ''Medallion Engineering Limited'', was the lead construction contractor. The school can accommodate approximately 450 students at on ...
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National Resistance Army
The National Resistance Army (NRA), the military wing of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), was a rebel army that waged a guerrilla war, commonly referred to as the Ugandan Bush War or Luwero War, against the government of Milton Obote, and later that of Tito Okello. NRA was supported by Muammar Gaddafi. NRA was formed in 1981 when Yoweri Museveni's Popular Resistance Army (PRA) merged with ex-president Yusuf Lule's group, the Uganda Freedom Fighters (UFF). Museveni, then leader of the Uganda Patriotic Movement party, alleged electoral fraud and declared an armed rebellion, following the victory of Uganda Peoples Congress in the bitterly disputed 1980 general election."A Country Study: The Second Obote Regime: 1981–85"
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Ugandan Bush War
The Ugandan Bush War, also known as the Luwero War, the Ugandan Civil War or the Resistance War, was a civil war fought in Uganda by the official Ugandan government and its armed wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), against a number of rebel groups, most importantly the National Resistance Army (NRA), from 1980 to 1986. The unpopular President Milton Obote was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1971 by General Idi Amin, who established a military dictatorship. Amin was overthrown in 1979 following the Uganda-Tanzania War, but his loyalists started the Bush War by launching an insurgency in the West Nile region in 1980. Subsequent elections saw Obote return to power in a UNLA-ruled government. Several opposition groups claimed the elections were rigged, and united as the NRA under the leadership of Yoweri Museveni to start an armed uprising against Obote's government on 6 February 1981. Obote was overthrown and replaced as president by his general Tito Okello in 1985 d ...
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