| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:military_organization 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:abbreviation | gptkb:UPDF 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:allegiance | gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:alliedWith | gptkb:African_Union gptkb:East_African_Standby_Force
 United Nations peacekeeping
 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Uganda_People's_Defence_Force 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:branch | gptkb:Uganda_Land_Forces gptkb:Uganda_Special_Forces_Command
 gptkb:Uganda_Air_Force
 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:budget | approximately $700 million (2022) 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:chiefOfDefenceForces | gptkb:Wilson_Mbadi 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:commanderInChief | Yoweri Museveni 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:conscription | no 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Uganda 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:emblem | UPDF emblem 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:engagedIn | gptkb:African_Union_Mission_in_Somalia gptkb:Lord's_Resistance_Army_insurgency
 Central African Republic operations
 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
 South Sudan peacekeeping
 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:equipment | gptkb:Mi-24_helicopters gptkb:artillery
 gptkb:Armoured_Personnel_Carriers
 gptkb:MiG-21_fighter_jets
 gptkb:T-55_tanks
 trucks
 patrol boats
 AK-47 rifles
 Type 59 tanks
 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:founded | 1962 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:headquarters | gptkb:Mbuya,_Kampala,_Uganda 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:motto | For God and My Country 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:notableCommander | gptkb:Aronda_Nyakairima gptkb:Caleb_Akandwanaho
 gptkb:David_Muhoozi
 gptkb:Elly_Tumwine
 gptkb:Fredrick_Mugisha
 gptkb:Ivan_Koreta
 gptkb:James_Kazini
 gptkb:Katumba_Wamala
 gptkb:Salim_Saleh
 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:primeMinister | gptkb:Vincent_Ssempijja 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:role | national defense peacekeeping
 internal security
 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:serviceAge | 18 years 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:size | estimated 45,000 active personnel 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:website | https://www.updf.go.ug/ 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:M16A1_rifle 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
 | 
                        
                            
                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Armed Forces of Uganda 
 |