{"id":71969,"date":"2024-01-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=71969"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:52:49","slug":"president-to-address-nation-on-adf-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/president-to-address-nation-on-adf-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"President to address nation on ADF attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Peter Sserugo\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Museveni will to- day address the nation on matters concerning the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels a group,which has terrorised both Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for decades.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Presidential Press Unit (PPU), the President will also address Ugandans on several other security-related issues in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PPU wishes to inform the general public that HE the President of the Republic of Uganda\/Commander-In-Chief of the UPDF, Gen (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, will brief the nation on the progress of operations against ADF terrorists<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"> and other security-related issues,\u201d <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the PPU statement, which was released <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">yesterday, read in part.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The presidential address comes weeks <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">after suspected ADF rebels killed more <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">than a dozen people in Kamwenge Dis<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">trict in two separate attacks in December <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Despite the successful operations <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">against the ADF rebels by the Uganda <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF), where <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">more than 300 rebels have been killed in<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">cluding some of their leaders while others <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">were captured, the rebels continue to ter<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">rorise the two countries and have killed at least 64 Ugandans in the last six months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">During his recent comments on the ADF attacks, Mr Museveni emphasised that the UPDF and the Congolese ar-<br role=\"presentation\" \/>my, through Operation Shujaa, are deter- mined to wipe out the rebel group and their leaders who are still hiding in DRC.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Peter Sserugo\u00a0 President Museveni will to- day address the nation on matters concerning the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels a group,which has terrorised both Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for decades. 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