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19 UPDF Generals Set to Retire as 1,817 Personnel Leave Force

Published by SoftPower News By Rogers Atukunda · 15 August 2026 at 08:27
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19 UPDF Generals Set to Retire as 1,817 Personnel Leave Force
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KAMPALA — Nineteen General Officers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) are set to formally retire next week, bringing to 1,817 the number of military personnel retiring from the force in August 2026. The General Officers will be retired during a ceremony at State House Entebbe on Thursday, August 20, 2026, to be presided […] The post 19 UPDF Generals Set to Retire as 1,817 Personnel Leave Force appeared fir

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