UPDF's NEC has completed the renovation of a370km stretch of Uganda railway up to Tororo

UPDF's National Enterprises Coorporation has just finished renovating a 370km stretch of Uganda railway up to Tororo. This continues to show UPDF's determination in corporation with other gorvenment bodies to develop Uganda.UPDF's national enterprises corporation has done much in the economic empowerment,welfare development not to the soldiers but also to the civil society.They have constructed bridges, hospitals,airports and many other important infrastructures.It has also helped in funding innovations and scientific research.This completed section of the railawy is an important step in facilitating cheaper transport for cargo along the northern corridor and in line with gov’ts efforts to consolidate the Real Economy to mitigate effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

8 new cases of COVID-19 in North Kivu

 According to our source,As of Friday evening,DRC recorded 75 new confirmed cases, including 58 in Kinshasa, 8 in North Kivu, 6 in Kongo-Central, 2 in Ituri and 1 in Tshopo were recorded on the same Friday. ;
This amounts to saying that since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases has been 8,324, including 8,323 confirmed cases and 1 probable case.
There were 193 deaths (192 confirmed cases and 1 probable case).
According to the technical secretariat of the Response Committee, 298 suspected cases were detected after investigations and 800 samples tested on Friday, July 17.
No new deaths were reported among the cases confirmed on the evening this ended Friday.
The 14 affected provinces:
• Kinshasa: 7,088 cases;
• Kongo Central: 359 cases;
• South Kivu: 276 cases;
• Haut-Katanga: 260 cases;
• North Kivu: 211 cases;
• Lualaba: 74 cases;
• Haut-Uélé: 16 cases;
• Tshopo: 14 cases;
• Ituri: 11 cases;
• Kwilu: 4 cases;
• Sud-Ubangi: 4 cases;
• Ecuador: 4 cases;
• Haut-Lomami: 1 case:

Ituri recorded the first COVID-19 death on 17/7/2020

The provincial minister in charge of health on Friday July 17, confirmed the first death of a patient tested positive for Covid-19 in Ituri.
According to the minister, the province has already registered 9 positive cases. In Bunia 3 cases plus 1 death and in Mahagi 3 cases.
“Since Thursday, we have had 3 positive cases in Bunia. We have 9 cases so in Ituri and around 100 contacts, that's how we have to pay a lot of attention. There was 1 death in downtown Bunia with positive signs of the coronavirus, ”said Patrick Karamura.
All patients are placed in the coronavirus treatment center in Bunia and Mahagi, he said.
In addition, Minister Karamura insisted on compliance with the barrier measures.
"The church, the mortuary, marriage etc, we strictly forbid any gathering of people."

Rebel leader Maï-Maï / Mazembe shot in Lubero

Kitete Bashu, self-proclaimed general and head of thread of the Mai-Mayi / Mazembe militia gathered in the Union of Patriots for the Defense of Innocents (UPDI), was shot early this Friday, July 17, 2020 in Miriki village, south of Lubero territory in North Kivu province.
According to cross-checked local sources, this warlord was reportedly shot by his companions following the differences observed to form a possible alliance with Shimiray Mwissa, recently fallen in command of the armed group Nduma Defense Of Congo Renové (NDC-R).
′′ The self-proclaimed general Kitete, was commander of UPDI / Mazembe. He had made an alliance with shimiray Mwissa at the expense of Kabido, after the NDC-R split,You can read more about it!. Kiteete wanted to join Kabido again and it was in this situation that he was murdered ", says Jean-Claude Buuma human rights activist in the region.
Joint by 7 SUR7 CD, Lubero Territory administrator, Richard Nyembo Wa Nyembo confirms this information and calls on the population of this village calmly following a psychosis that is observed. The inhabitants fear retaliation.
Mai-Mayi / Mazembe have several human rights violations including killing, looting, kidnapping and sexual violence, mainly in the territory of Lubero and other bodies in North Kivu.

THE HEAD OF STATE FELIX ANTOINE TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO MADE GREAT CHANGE IN THE CONGOLESE ARMY ADMIN

Nearly a week after the meeting of the Military High Command, the President of the Republic, Supreme Commander of the FARDC, signed on evening of  Friday, July 17, 2020, a series of orders nominating general and senior command officers to the army.
Among the iconic loads are the appointment of Army General Gabriel AMISI KUMBA to replace General John NUMBI as Inspector General of FARDC.
General Major Tumba Frank is appointed head of the military house of the head of state.
Former Republican Guard No. 1, General Ilunga Kampete is appointed Head of the Kitona Training Centre.
The Chancery of National Orders will be led by Lieutenant General MATUTEZULUA André.
General Fall Sikabue is the new Chief of General Staff of Land Forces.
General Léon-Richard Kasonga retains his duties as FARDC communication manager and army spokesperson.General muhindo charles akili and general kasereka sindani stephen appointed by tshisekedi as deputy inspector generals of the army,lt general yav kabey jean claude has replaced general amisi tango foure as the new head of operations and intelligence,kahungu yankole isidole appointed secretary general of defence,andrew matutenza lewa as chancellor of the national heroes order,general ntumba frank as head of the miltary in charge of state house,pacifique masunzu has become the commandant of the 2nd army zone,general tango foure has replaced general numbi! South kivu and north kivu have got positions in the shake up changes made by president tshisekedi!However, CONGOLESE civil societies are not happy for an apparently infiltrated army by People they claim are Rwandese!
Until then Deputy Chief of General Staff in charge of operations and intelligence, General Gabriel Amisi (Tango Four) has been appointed Inspector General of FARDC.

He gives way to lieutenant general Yav Kabey Jean Claude. Gabriel Amisi replaces John Numbi.
Gabril Amisi was recently very involved in so-called large-scale operations in the provinces of North and South Kivu as well as Ituri.
According to the Organic Law which governs the Inspectorate General of the Armed Forces, the task of the Inspector General of the Armed Forces is to monitor the application of the law, directives and instructions concerning the operation of the Armed Forces.
This means, in particular, the control of the sound management of human and material resources made available to the various forces. It also ensures the control and execution of the budget allocations to the armed forces. It is also in charge of monitoring the adequacy and reliability of equipment and equipment; evaluation of unit performance and operational capacity. "
One of the strong men in the security system for about two decades, Tango Four is also charged with several cases of human rights abuses.
′′ General Gabriel Amisi is someone who worries a lot, we have documented his involvement in human rights violations for a long time and support for armed groups and is believed to be among the problematic officers who constitute the barrier to initiatives for the peace and stability. ", said Ida Sawyer, Deputy Director for Africa at Human Rights Watch (HRW) in September 2019, following a meeting with Félix Tshisekedi.
As a reminder, in December 2016, Gabriel Amisi Kumba had been sanctioned by the Council of the European Union for his role in ′′ obstacles to the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and related human rights violations ".
While he was deputy chief of staff in charge of RCD-Goma's troop logistics, Gabriel Amisi is accused by some NGOs including HRW of being at the head of troops which in September 2002 massacred at least 56 civilians and probably abducted many others, during an offensive against a Mai-Mayi militia allied to the Congolese government in Kisangani.

Llunga kampete kabamba ,the new commander of kitona military base.

General Rwabasira obed appointed as deputy chief of general staff

Muhindo akili Charles

Civil society and DRC NGOs denounce the claimed infiltration and domination of Rwandese in the Army(FARDC)

According to Freddy monanga, and alot of NGOs including VSV, regrets the occupation of strategic positions and functions in the army and police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, well-identified Rwandan subjects, who, overall, suffocate the General sons of the country, this is the case General Bisengimana who plays an important role in the police of the country and since his arrival does not leave air to General Célestin Kanyama , complaint by civilians and some police officers in kinshasha.Police men in kinshasha still complain that ,the whole intelligence section in police is totally infiltrated to the extent that they nolonger feel it is  a Congolese department.There is a feeling that every information first goes to Kigali before even it gets implementation by kinshasha gorvenment.
Local wonder how the DRC can one day win the war against Rwanda. It's who's funny even Mzee had named the young Rwandan General, Kabarhebe, to head the national army, but oddly, even the former Congolese military have agreed to submit on this  Rwandan.
Mbuji Mayi and Kananga were led by General Obed, a blood Rwandan. It must be said that the Rwandan generals have infiltrated the army of the DRC for over 20 years, in the knowledge and experience of the President of the Republic, guaranteeing the proper functioning of the institutions. All these individuals have been appointed by decree of ′′ Joseph Kabila ′′ within the FARDC with the passive complicity of Congolese generals, who see nothing, say nothing, and the consequences are unfortunate.
Today the home son is subject to a sanction and yet Kanyama must enjoy privileges as Congolese. From London, our investigations reveal that Rwandan generals are in good control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from East to West, from South to North. They have become very strong internally. They regularly have meetings on the phone during the week, to give each other the instructions. They stand in solidarity and know how to protect their own.
DRC NGO's deliver some names and functions:
01 General Jean BIVEGETE: Auditor General of the army (High Military Magistrate)
02 General MASUNZU: Cmd Deputy 10th Military Region / Bukavu
03 General MALICK KIJEGE: Inspector General of the Army (ex. G4-EMG) FARDC / KINSHASA
04 General OBED RWIBASIRA: Cmd 5th Military Region in Kananga / Western Kasai
05 General MUSTAPHA MUKIZA: Cmd Military Base of KITONA (Bas-Congo)
06 General Charles BISENGIMANA: Deputy Inspector General of National Police / Kinshasa
07 General JEROME GAKWAVU: EMG / FARDC-Kinshasa 08 General BOSCO NTAGANDA: Former CNDP Chief of Staff (Now At ICC, Lahaye, Holland)
09 General Laurent NKUNDA: Head of CNDP now M23 (now in Rwanda)
10 Colonel BONANE: Cmd 4th Brigade in Ituri
11 General MAKENGA SULTANI: leader of M23 rebellious in North Kivu
12 Colonel KAMANZI François
13 Colonel MUNYARUGERO Françoise: Cmd of the Childhood Police / North Kivu
14 Colonel MUHINDO François: Cmd from the Delta Brigade
15 Colonel François ZERO BRAVO: EMG-Mixed Army of
NKUNDA (81th FARDC Brigade)
16 Colonel MUTEBUTSI Jules In exile in Rwanda after Bukavu Rebellion, June 2004
17 Colonel ROHORIMBER: Available / EMG-FARDC 18 Colonel GISHONDO ELIE: Available / EMG-FARDC
19 Colonel PADIRI Jonas: Cmd EQUO Brigade in Kimoka-Sake / North Kivu
20 Colonel BOLINGO MATANE: 10th Military Region / Bukavu
21 Colonel BIRORI Benjamin: Military Advisor / Ruberwa (In Training In China)
22 Colonel BISOGO :  EMG-FARDC (rebellion in South Kivu: G47)
23 Colonel WILSON: Deputy Cmd of ALPHA Brigade in NYANZALE-MWESO
24 Lt Colonel MUNYAKAZI: NKUNDA Mixed Army (83th FARDC Brigade)
25 Lt Colonel Claude MUCHO ½: Cmd Brigade Charly in Mushaki / Masisi
26 Lt Colonel INNOCENT Ex ½: G4 AFDL / RCD today aujourd' E. M-NKUNDA Mixed Army
27 Lt Colonel KABUNDI ½: Cmd squad EQUO at KIKOMA SAKE / North Kivu
28 Lt Colonel BISAMAZA ½: Cmd Brigade Bravo / RUTSHURU in North Kivu
29 Lt Colonel NIYIBIZI: Cmd of Br. EQUO / North Kivu Brigade (Source: FARDC)
Local NGOs including VSV, ASADHO, ANMDH, specify the number of General and Superior officers of the only Tutsi  that exceeds the number of Generals and Colonels of all tribes gathered in North Kivu and South Kivu ...
On this list, the NGOs note the number of more or less 300 Rwandan captains Tutsi in the regular FARDC. And here are the actors of the crimes organized against the Democratic Republic of the Congo under Paul Kagame and his FPR, in these days at the command of a whole country. In a related discomfort, Congolese civil society are not happy about kagame's special envoy to CONGOLESE army.

Several sources confirm that General David Rugayi sengabo is Paul Kagame's special envoy to the Congolese Army, is in charge of destabilizing the EAST of Congo and leader of all Rwandan infiltrators in the Congolese Army.
With several investigations carried out by civil society, this Rwandan General infiltrated into the Congolese Army is at the base of everything that is happening in the EAST.
Here are some of his works:
- In 2014, this Rwandan captured officials and other notabilities in Uvira territory.
- Various cases of execution and human rights violations in the EAST.
- Cases of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment on an officer of the Congolese National Police in the territory of Djugu, province of ituri.
- support some communities at the expense of others.
- Illicit weapons traffics and the illicit exploitation of mining resources in North, South Kivu and ituri.
(cfr report of UN Security Council experts in November 2009)
- In view of the security environment in the 3 territories (fizi, Uvira and mwenga) the War in the high and medium plateau, the infiltration reported at the EAST of Congo, this Rwandan officer is at the base.
Another source has said that the so-called banyamulenges condemn this Rwandan officer to be the causal agent of conflict that reigns Today between these Tutsis and the autoctone population in the high and medium plateau (Minembwe and its surroundings).
The civil society pleads to President Felix Tshisekedi to arrest this criminal infiltrated in the Congolese Army.

The provincial authorities of Ituri in DRC have announced the tightening of their measures aimed at closing the borders with Tchopo, North Kivu and Haut-Uélé in order to fight the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The provincial authorities of Ituri have announced the tightening of their measures aimed at closing the borders with Tchopo, North Kivu and Haut-Uélé in order to fight the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of which positive cases continue to climb in these neighboring provinces.
In a press release made public on July 11, 2020, Governor Jean Bamanisa announced the following measures:
1. Strict health control at the limits between Ituri and Haut-Uele (at
PK51, Boli and Boo), North Kivu (at Luna and Makeke), Tchopo (at
Avakubi level) for vehicles transporting goods;
2. The travels of travelers remain suspended, except with authorization granted after
test;
3. Suspension of passenger flights from the Provinces of North Kivu, Tshopo
and Haut-Uele to the ulturi and vice versa;
4. The same rules apply at the borders with South Sudan and “with Uganda;
5. All travelers coming from these areas must be subject to strict health control measures at the various control points, by washing their hands with soap
or hydro alcoholic solutions and submit to the temperature measurement;
6. Any traveler entering lturi from the countries, cities or localities affected by the
Covid-19 must complete the travelers' health declaration form and specify to POC / POE providers its identity and full address for follow-up in isolation from
14 days ;
7. Travelers with a negative test result can travel within the province;
8. For all trips within the province, the number of passengers on a bus must be
reduced to 1 passenger per seat.
9. Wearing a mask is compulsory in offices, public places, bus
public transportation and airplanes, as well as for all crew members of the trucks carrying the goods.
10. With regard to religions, the wearing of masks, social distancing and the measures decided by the Head of State are compulsory.
Since last week, the province of Ituri has seen the number of its confirmed positive cases triple, from 2 to 6 cases, while its neighbors in particular North Kivu is at 137 cases, Tchopo at 12 and Haut -Uéé at 11.