CDF Muhoozi meets UK Envoy to Discuss Deployment of British Military Doctors at UPDF Hospital

ENTEBBE; The Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba met with Her Excellency Lisa Chesney, UK High Commissioner to Uganda. The meeting happened at the Special Forces Command headquarters in Entebbe.

The CDF and the UK High Commissioner discussed a proposal to deploy UK military medical personnel at the UPDF National Referral Hospital. This proposal is under review by the UK government.

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Her Excellency Lisa Chesney

The two leaders also explored UK’s support to the UPDF training schools.

They reaffirmed mutual respect and agreed to sustain high-level engagements to further strengthen cooperation.

This meeting follows a previous discussion between the CDF and the High Commissioner in October, underscoring the ongoing high-level engagement between the two nations.

According to a UPDF statement, the deployment of UK military doctors and medical specialists is still under review by the British government and would focus on supporting clinical services, skills transfer and capacity building at the UPDF’s top military health facility.

In addition to medical cooperation, the two sides discussed possible UK support to UPDF training schools, reflecting long-standing collaboration between the Ugandan and British militaries in areas such as professional training, peacekeeping preparedness and institutional development.

Kainerugaba and Chesney reaffirmed what the UPDF described as “mutual respect” and agreed to sustain high-level engagements to further strengthen defence cooperation between Kampala and London.

The meeting follows an earlier engagement between the two officials in October, underscoring continued high-level dialogue between Uganda and the UK amid broader defence, security and development ties.

Britain is one of Uganda’s longstanding defence partners and has supported training and capacity building for Ugandan forces, including those deployed in regional peacekeeping and counter-terrorism operations.