{
  "id": 18451704,
  "title": "Muhoozi demands Ush2M basic salary for every UPDF private as he prepares to exit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/muhoozi-demands-ush2m-basic-salary-for-every-updf-private-as-he",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T05:17:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/muhoozi-demands-ush2m-basic-salary-for-every-updf-private-as-he-prepares-to-exit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has called for every soldier serving at the rank of private in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) to earn a basic salary of 2 million Ugandan shillings (Ush2m), as he prepares to leave the military’s top leadership position. Muhoozi said the proposed salary increase should […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}