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Uganda
Yoweri Museveni plans to boost spending on the SOC, his praetorian guard

By providing for an increase in the presidency's budget, Yoweri Museveni is looking to increase the capacity of the special forces commanded by his son, General Kainerugaba. This presidential guard is a favourite instrument of political influence with his clan. [...]

Published on 10/04/2020 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Museveni's son resumes command of special forces, keeps eye on Lake Albert oil

The prospect of president's re-election later this month seems to have prompted Muhoozi Kainerugaba to return to his old army job. Protecting Uganda's oil assets is never far from his mind.

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Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.

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Commissioner Moses Kafeero Kabugo commands the Kampala Metropolitan Police.

Uganda
Museveni buys $110m of armoured vehicles from Turkey's Otokar

Turkish manufacturer Otokar has struck gold and is set to shore up its presence in Africa by winning a $110m contract to equip the Ugandan armed forces with 100 armoured vehicles.

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Museveni tries to protect Total and CNOOC from the "Congolese" threat

Museveni's largesse in providing funds for road construction in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is inspired by his fear that the armed insurrection there could hamper the Lake Albert Oil Project.

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Ukraine's Techimpex parades upgraded BMP-1 combat vehicle in Cairo and Kampala

The Ukrainian military manufacturer Techimpex and its sister company Nova Technology have entered into talks with Egypt and Uganda over the possibility of supplying their armies with modernised Soviet armoured vehicles.

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Weakened by primaries, Museveni tries to regain control of NRM

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Crispus Kiyonga, Uganda's former ambassador to Beijing and former defence minister.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Uganda
Yoweri Museveni plans to boost spending on the SOC, his praetorian guard

Uganda
Ugandan intelligence services take the fight against the opposition to Washington

Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni's son resumes command of special forces, keeps eye on Lake Albert oil

Uganda
Police commander Kafeero shields Museveni as electoral tensions take hold

Uganda
Museveni buys $110m of armoured vehicles from Turkey's Otokar

Uganda
Museveni tries to protect Total and CNOOC from the "Congolese" threat

Egypt, Uganda
Ukraine's Techimpex parades upgraded BMP-1 combat vehicle in Cairo and Kampala

Uganda
Weakened by primaries, Museveni tries to regain control of NRM

Spotlight | China, Uganda
Kiyonga family keeps grip on Beijing-Kampala relations

Turkey, Uganda
Kampala gets Katmerciler APCs as part of Erdogan's military-diplomatic drive

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