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In the news this afternoon, the army has come out to warn individuals putting on clothes that resemble those of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) especially Berets, lanyards, and clothing which were banned in a general notice in the gazette in 2019 by the forces.
This warning comes at a time when the National Unity Platform (NUP) members and their president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu are moving across the regions to drum up support, opening up offices and spread their gospel of regime change ahead of the 2026 general elections but wearing their red berets.
Bobi Wine, National Unity Platform fanatics had stopped wearing the red beret after the army banned it in 2019 but early last year resumed wearing them after veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda who is a brother to the then commander of the mountain division and operation shujaa now commander land forces Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga went to the battle lines in Congo, flew in Military choppers and wore army uniforms but he went scot free without even a warning from the forces.
However, the first son who was then the commander of land forces Muhoozi Keinerugaba said it’s fine for Andrew Mwenda (a civilian) to wear army attires but it’s criminal for the rest of Ugandan civilians to wear anything resembling that. Mwenda is spokesperson for Muhoozi’s MK Movement.
“My bro Mwenda is part of the massive fan base that PDF has because of the great work we do. They want to wear our uniforms, hold our guns and even pretend to fly our aircrafts. It means nothing”-Muhoozi tweeted then
Bobi Wine and his NUP supporters have been putting on the berets and other attires like overalls and T.shirts without being warned or told to remove them off their heads. The army says now it’s the time whoever is wearing them to stop wearing them or face it rough.
“1. The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has noted with concern the increasing number of Civilians in military insignia that are a preserve of the security forces. Such as: berets, lanyards and clothing.
2. Section 160 of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Act, 2005 subsection 2. part (c) prohibits none members of the Security Forces from receiving, possessing, selling or delivering any such attire mentioned above among others.
3. Whereas, the Uganda Gazette under General notice No 1013 of 2019, dated 18 Sept 2019 issued a notice describing and prohibiting members of the public from donning Military wears and decorations or so nearly resembling them.
4. We wish to again warn those individuals donning these items mentioned.
5. Failure to comply with this warning will invite legal action to the concerned individuals”-reads the warning in part
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