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Brigadier Peter Kerim (1955–2012) was a military officer in Uganda. He was a senior commander in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). At the time of his death, he was the Deputy Commander of the National Reserve Force within the UPDF. [1] Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Director of the External Security Organisation.
Patrick Kimumwe was born at Kamuli District, Uganda Protectorate, around 1946.He enlisted in the Uganda Army in 1965. [2] His brother Wilson "Willy" Kimumwe also joined the military, eventually becoming a pilot in the Uganda Army Air Force [3] [4] and training to fly MiG-21 and MiG-17 jets in the Soviet Union and Iraq. [5]
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Odwar was an ethnic Acholi [1] and born at Orom in northern Uganda. [2] In April 1979, Tanzanian forces and the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), a coalition of armed rebel groups, overthrew the regime of Ugandan President Idi Amin. This resulted in widespread unrest, with fleeing Uganda Army troops looting across
There were also reports about Ugandan troops crossing the border in a raid targeting Mahagi and Bunia in retaliation for the Congolese air attacks. [26] Around 15 March 1965, Uganda Army soldiers attacked ANC forces led by Mike Hoare which were in the process of retaking Mahagi from Simba rebels during Operation White Giant. [23]
Dominic Ongwen (born 1975) is a Ugandan former child soldier and former commander of one of the brigades of the Ugandan guerrilla group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).. He was detained in 2014 [5] and in 2021 the International Criminal Court convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, and enslavement.
Major General Kasirye Ggwanga (26 August 1952 – 9 June 2020), was a Ugandan military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force. [1] He was previously incarcerated as a prisoner of war for 897 days, inside both Uganda and Tanzania. [2] He was a presidential advisor on Buganda Kingdom affairs.
Butabika was among the proponents of a preemptive strike against Tanzania, [32] [33] even though several other leading Ugandan officers believed that their military was not ready for a conflict with Tanzania. [23] The situation escalated on 9 October 1978, [26] when an altercation broke out between a Ugandan soldier and Tanzanian border guards ...