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To maintain this positive trend achieved, the General said that when a battalion of the LDUs are under the refresher training, the rest will continue patrolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He noted that much as there are significant achievements registered, in all societies there are usually a few people who fall short of the required standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNevertheless, over 99% of the LDUs are doing a great job. The few who fell short of the operational standards have been charged in the court as per the laws .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said to the trainees, “The army you joined a year or months ago has got a history. The NRA\/UPDF journey is very long and full of obstacles but we have been successful not by accident but because of our pro-people ideology. It is important that we remind ourselves of this important journey and what helped us reach this far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He counseled the militants to watch each other\u2019s back and ensure none strays away from the right NRA historical journey of symbiosis with the people. He added that discipline has been the first gear in the close to the 40 years\u2019 drive of the NRA\/UPDF journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn order to stay with us you must observe conscious discipline. There is no short cut,\u201d he said. He urged the trainees to take the training seriously so as to enhance on their professional journey in line with the acceptable ideology of the NRA\/UPDF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gen Kavuma stressed that all special operations are backed by the mission training and so the current training is a routine in the UPDF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis training was overdue but we first had to respond to an emergency situation of COVID-19,\u201d he said. The training will be conducted by the UPDF and Uganda Police Force instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The training program includes political education, civil policing, Law and the role of media in military operations among others.The opening ceremony was also attended by Maj Gen Sam Kawaga the Commander of infantry Division and other Senior Officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following the recent misconduct of the Local Defence Unit(LDUs) in relation to human right violation, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces have launched training of LDUs starting with those of Lubaga Battalion. The launch was conducted on today by deputy Commander Land Forces, Maj Gen Sam Kavuma at Kakiri Barracks where all the personnel of the 10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":16300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[732],"class_list":["post-16299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ldus"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DCACC4DF-BF5C-4A8B-96CB-AA2D12E4F065.jpeg\")
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