Major General Kasirye Ggwanga, was a Ugandan military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force.
13 Facts About Kasirye Ggwanga
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Kasirye Ggwanga was previously incarcerated as a prisoner of war for 897 days, inside both Uganda and Tanzania.
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Kasirye Ggwanga was a presidential advisor on Buganda Kingdom affairs.
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Kasirye Ggwanga was well respected for his fight towards environmental protection.
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Kasirye Ggwanga was born in 1952, in Katakala, Mityana District, to a father who was a hunter and farmer.
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Kasirye Ggwanga learned both skills and was good at both.
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Kasirye Ggwanga attended Katakala Primary School, Namukozi then he studied at Kibuli Secondary School for his O-Level education.
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Kasirye Ggwanga surrendered and was taken to Tanga, Tanzania, as prisoner of war number 17341.
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On 7 October 1981, Kasirye Ggwanga was in the first batch to be released.
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In March 2018, Kasirye Ggwanga was promoted from the rank of Brigadier to that of Major General, in a promotions exercise involving 1,384 men and women of the UPDF.
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Kasirye Ggwanga was officially retired from the Uganda military, in 2018.
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Kasirye Ggwanga was a commercial farmer and owned two farms; one in Mubende District, and another in Mukono District that measures 200 acres which he referred to as his Camp David.
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Kasirye Ggwanga was much hailed rather than feared for his rather barbaric record.