CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda inaugurated the war game centre “INDIA” that was conceptualised by the Indian Military Team and built by the IAU in Jinja district, at a cost of over 1 billion Ugandan shillings or $2, 65, 000.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ministry has two parallel organizational structures at its headquarters; one in the Ministry headquarters headed by the Permanent Secretary and the other in the Army headquarters headed by the Army Commander. Both Army Commander and Permanent Secretary are below the Minister of Defence.

Detailed explanation-3: -The position was established after the National Resistance Army was reconstituted as the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, three years after the NRA’s victory in the Ugandan Bush War in 1986. The current CDF is General Wilson Mbadi.

Detailed explanation-4: -For 2023, Uganda is ranked 83 of 145 out of the countries considered for the annual GFP review. The nation holds a PwrIndx* score of 1.6264 (a score of 0.0000 is considered ‘perfect’). This entry last reviewed on 01/01/2023.

Detailed explanation-5: -With a strength of 45 lakhs of active military manpower, India is ranked fourth for the year 2022 as per the report. A total of 140 countries were considered.