Major General
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Gavas Mugyenyi, also Garvas Mugyenyi is a senior
military officer
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in the
Uganda People's Defence Forces
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–4 ...
(UPDF). He serves as Uganda's
military attache
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to
India
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, effective January 2020.
Before that, from December 2017 until January 2020, he served as the deputy commander of the UPDF Air Force, replacing Major General
Sam Kavuma, who was appointed deputy commander of the UPDF Land Forces.
Military career
In January 2017, at the rank of Major General, served as the commander of the Air Defence Division of the UPDF, based in
Nakasongola
Nakasongola is a town in Nakasongola District in the Central Region of Uganda. The town is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Nakasongola is approximately north of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, on an all-weathe ...
.
See also
References
External links
Museveni reshuffles army generalsAs of 29 December 2011.
Living people
Ankole people
Ugandan generals
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Western Region, Uganda
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