Uganda Military Academy

Uganda Military Academy
near Kabamba, Mubende District in Uganda
Uganda Military Academy is located in Uganda
Uganda Military Academy
Uganda Military Academy
Location of Uganda Military Academy, Kabamba, Mubende District, Uganda.
Coordinates00°15′00″N 31°11′06″E / 0.25000°N 31.18500°E / 0.25000; 31.18500
TypeMilitary School
Site information
OwnerUganda People's Defence Force
Controlled byUPDF
Open to
the public
No
Site history
Built2007 (2007)
Built byUganda People's Defence Force Engineers
In useSince 2007
FateIntact, Operational
Garrison information
Current
commander
Colonel Wycliff Keita[1]
Past
commanders
General Jeje Odongo, Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti, Brigadier Clovis Kalyebara
Airfield information
Elevation1,200 m (3,937 ft) AMSL

The Uganda Military Academy, is a military academy in Uganda, East Africa. Traditionally, graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Uganda People's Defence Force. Other African countries also send their cadets to the academy for training.[2][3]

  1. ^ Uganda Special Command Forces (October 2016). "UPDF Is An Army of Merit – General Museveni Tells Officer Cadets". Entebbe: Specialforcescommand.go.ug (Uganda Special Command Forces). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ Muwanika, Jimmy (29 December 2009). "17 Officers Passed Out of Kabamba Academy". New Vision. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ^ Wanambwa, Richard (17 September 2012). "Museveni to focus on corrupt officials". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 23 January 2018.