The former Minister of Security Gen. Elly Tumwine has died
He passed on at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya where he was rushed in a very critical condition.
The UPDF spokesperson Brig. Gen. Felix Kulayigye said the former army chief was in critical condition before being rushed to Nairobi.
Joining the army in 1978 , Tumwine later joined then rebel leader Yoweri Museveni to the bush to form the National Resistance Army (NRA).
In 1984, he was named commander of the army, a post he held for three years until 1987, when he was succeeded by General Salim Saleh.
In September 2005, he was promoted to the rank of general in the UPDF and chairperson of the UPDF General Court Martial in Makindye where among the persons arraigned before him was opposition strongman, Dr.Kizza Besigye and charged with treason.
The case was later transferred to the civilian court.
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