Former Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine has Thursday morning passed on.
The NRA historical, according to a high ranking UPDF official breathed his last from Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was airlifted two weeks ago.
Tumuwine has been battling cancer.
Last month Relatives and associates reported he collapsed at the marriage ceremony of a prominent female journalist, and was later booked at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala from where he was airlifted to Nairobi.
He served as commander of the National Resistance Army from 1984 to 1987. He was one of the highest-ranking members of the Ugandan military who recently called on police to shoot at protesters, he also ordered the military to kidnap, illegally incarcerate and sent opposition members to be tried in military courts based on trumped up charges which resulted in Bobi Wine supporters suing for Human Rights violations. This led United States of America to sanction the Ugandan Generals over Human rights abuses. He was also a member of the Ugandan Parliament, representing the Uganda People’s Defence Force
