{"id":158,"date":"2026-10-02T15:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:44:50","slug":"uganda-china-move-to-deepen-defence-cooperation-and-military-industrial-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/uganda-china-move-to-deepen-defence-cooperation-and-military-industrial-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda, China Move to Deepen Defence Cooperation and Military-Industrial Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Uganda and China are seeking to deepen their longstanding defence cooperation, with a particular focus on military training, technical cooperation and the development of Uganda\u2019s military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka<\/strong>, made the remarks during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Wu Guangrong<\/strong>, who paid a courtesy call at the Ministry\u2019s headquarters in Mbuya, Kampala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kiryowa said Uganda remains committed to strengthening its bilateral relationship with China, describing the two countries\u2019 defence cooperation as an area with potential for further expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have our full assurance of our continued support and continued relationship. Your task of furthering and deepening the relationship between Uganda and China is therefore made easy<\/em>,\u201d Kiryowa told the Ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister singled out the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC)<\/strong>, the commercial arm of the Uganda Peoples\u2019 Defence Forces, as a key platform for expanding cooperation, particularly in developing Uganda\u2019s military-industrial capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Uganda intends to place greater emphasis on building the country\u2019s military-industrial complex and expanding existing cooperation with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are going to emphasise a lot on the growth of our military-industrial complex. That military-industrial complex is under NEC, and we are doing a lot of things with you already. We intend to do a lot more with you<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ambassador Wu said China and Uganda have maintained diplomatic relations for more than six decades, with cooperation continuing despite changes in the international environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said China\u2019s Ministry of National Defence and the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA)<\/strong> have maintained close exchanges with Uganda\u2019s Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs and the UPDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Wu, the two countries have cooperated in areas including high-level exchanges, strategic dialogue, personnel training, military equipment and technical cooperation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chinese Ambassador also commended the Ugandan Government and the UPDF for their contribution to national security and regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He highlighted Uganda\u2019s participation in African peace and security efforts, including its role in peace-support operations in Somalia<\/strong> and its engagement in addressing wider regional security challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting brought together senior Ugandan defence officials, including Under Secretary for Finance and Administration Edith Buturo, Chief of Joint Staff Lt Gen Jack Bakasumba and NEC Managing Director Lt Gen James Mugira<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China\u2019s Military Attach\u00e9 to Uganda, Col Zhang Ho<\/strong>, also attended the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussions come as Uganda continues to position the development of its defence industrial capacity as part of its broader efforts to strengthen local production, technical capabilities and self-reliance in the defence sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uganda and China are seeking to deepen their longstanding defence cooperation, with a particular focus on military training, technical cooperation and the development of Uganda\u2019s military-industrial complex. The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, made the remarks during a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Wu Guangrong, who paid a courtesy call … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}