| dc.description.abstract | The study is about the question of ideology in the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces, guided by the following objectives; to analyze the nature and characteristics of ideology of the UPDF, examining the ways in which the ideology influences the conduct of UPDF and also the ways in which ideology has enabled UPDF to maintain internal peace and security, and contain external threats to Uganda’s stability. The researcher used the qualitative approach to correct data from 48 respondents who noted that the ideology of the UPDF as a peoples’ army ensures that its centric existence has been a result of the sound doctrine that upholds these ideals together. The UPDF maintains the strategic culture and practice of a Peoples’ Force that works with and respects the People of Uganda. The UPDF works with and respects Ugandans since the ideology is charged with building and keeping peace. The UPDF officers and militants respect the ideology to the dot, which makes them ready for deployment and action through regular training and retraining and further training. The UPDF supports Uganda’s security architecture under the regional agreements as well as respect for integrity the property and life of the people. Furthermore, the UPDF is mandated to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty through deployment to ensure no adversary attacks Uganda. UPDF undertakes regular and scheduled recruitment, training and creation of a Defence Force to protect the Constitution of Uganda, as it is an army that is replenished. UPDF is deployed to protect the country from any kind of aggression. The UPDF carries out scheduled regular recruitment, training and deployment of Forces to defend the country, undertakes Civil-military activities to win over the masses in both peace time and war time; ensures laws, policies and standards to be used by the Forces are in place. The study revealed that UPDF ensures observance of human rights in the conduct of operations by the Forces, supports the civil authority in disasters and emergencies and economic production by the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), Chieftaincy of Production and Welfare (CPW), Directorate of Veteran Affairs (DVA), works with other security agencies to defeat any insurgency and any other crime in the country, undertakes strategic civil-military relationship projects with the civil authority, supports the law enforcement bodies of Government to ensure equity, justice and the rule of law and supports the Government to ensure democracy, good governance is attained. The study recommends that the administration of the UPDF should ensure that the officers and militants are constantly trained and retrained on ideological issues in order to make them very aware of how they should integrate further their activities with civilian authorities through better collaboration in order for peace and tranquility to prevail undeterred in Uganda. There should also be integration of the UDF ideology in the academic syllabus of the country so that young people are made to like and serve the forces diligently to ensure the unwavering royalty to the state of Uganda as a sovereign nation, and for the future enviable conduct of the UPDF should be enhanced at community levels in order to bring the armed forces closer to the community so as to create a stronger liaison and bond between the state and the wanainchi for purposes of enhancing peace, security and tranquility in Uganda | en_US |
