Court Martial chairman Maj Gen Karuhanga dead

Apr 22, 2016

Karuhanga was rushed to Nakasero hospital with stomach complications and he had since been in critical condition.

Maj. Gen. Levy Karuhanga, the chairman of Makindye-based Army Court, is dead.

Karuhanga was rushed to Nakasero hospital with abdominal complications and he had since been in critical condition.

By the time of his death, he was trying Gen. Sejusa.  

Who is Gen. Karuhanga

He was born in Bushenyi District in the Western Region of Uganda, on February 24, 1956.

He studied at Nyamitoma, Bweranyangi, and Mwengura Primary Schools. He then joined Mbarara High School, from where he moved to Nairobi, Kenya, where he graduated with a diploma in international studies.

He joined the bush war around 1981 in Luweero District. His recruitment number is RO/057, the 57th recruit of the then new rebel force. He fought throughout the war until the National Resistance Army captured power in 1986.

Over the past 25 years, he has undergone military training including the following courses:

-Strategic Military Studies at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo.

-Military Course at the China War College.

-Military Course at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Nigeria.

-National Strategic Studies course from National Defence College, Kenya, from July 2006 until June 2007.

Karuhanga has served in a number of positions in the UPDF, including the following:

-Brigade commander in the UPDF 4th Division, between 1990 and 1992.

-Member of the UPDF Contingent and second in command of United Nations forces in Liberia, in 1994.

-Deputy Commander of the 3rd UPDF Division, in 1998.

-3rd Division commanding officer in 2001.

-First Division commanding officer from 2005 until 2007.

In 2007, Karuhanga was appointed as the first commander of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), serving in that capacity until 2008.

In 2010, he was appointed commanding officer of the UPDF Reserve Force, serving there until June 2014, when he was appointed Chairman of the Army Court.

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