James Birungi, is a
Major General in the
Uganda People's Defence Force Air Force (UPDAF). He serves as the ''Chief of Military Intelligence'' in the
UPDF, effective January 2022.
Before that, from 16 December 2020 until 25 January 2022, he served on special assignment "to monitor on behalf of the guarantors of the
South Sudan peace process, the assembling, screening, demobilization and integration of the armed forces of South Sudan".
From June 2019 to 16 December 2020, he served as the commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC), a specialized command unit of the
UPDF, that is responsible for the security of the President of Uganda, his immediate family, the constitutional monarchs and vital national installations, including the country's oil fields.
He was replaced by
Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba who had earlier been in charge of the same force. He replaced Major General
Don William Nabasa, who left Uganda to attend a course at the
National Defence College in
China
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.
Military career
From 2016 to 2019, he was chief of air force staff of Uganda Air Force, replaced by Colonel
Emmanuel Kwihangana. In February 2019, he was promoted to major general, when over 2,000 UPDF men and women received promotions.
In his position as Head of the ''Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence'' (CMI), in the UPDF, he replaced Major General
Abel Kandiho
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, who was posted to South Sudan, as a special envoy.
See also
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David Muhoozi
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Background and education
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Charles Lutaaya
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Sabiiti Muzeyi
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References
External links
Website of Uganda Ministry of Defence
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Living people
1973 births
People from Nakaseke District
Ugandan generals
Uganda Senior Command and Staff College alumni