Brigadier Peter Kerim (1955–2012) was a

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in Uganda. He was a senior

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in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). At the time of his death, he was the Deputy Commander of the National Reserve Force within the UPDF. Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Director of the ''External Security Organisation''. In the past, his former assignments included as the Commandant of the 4th Army Division in Gulu, Northern Uganda. In the 1990s he was one of the commanders in the Ituri conflict in the Democratic Republic Of The Congo.Brigadier Peter Kerim Passes On
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Background

He was born in Nebbi District in 1955.

Military education

In 2004, at the rank of colonel, he was a member of the pioneer class to attend the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College, at Kimaka, Jinja,

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, under its first commandant, Lieutenant General

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Military career

He joined the then Uganda Army in 1973 as a

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and rose through the ranks to brigadier, at the time of his death.

Personal

Peter Kerim was survived by his widow; ''Caroline Nyendwoha Kerim'' and four children.

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