Maj. Gen. Kasirye Ggwanga was laid to rest yesterday at his ancestral home in Mityana district.
Rtd. Maj. Gen. Kasirye Ggwanga was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at his ancestral home in Nkane Village, Busunju County in Mityana district.
Maj. Gen. Kasirye Ggwanga breathed his last on a Tuesday morning while at Nakasero were he had been taken a week ago.
Due to restrictions put in place to cut off the spread of C0VID-19, Ggwanga’s burial was restricted to the public and only those on the list were allowed to attend the burial. Only close family members and selected UPDF officers were allowed to attend.
The chief mourner was Gen David Muhoozi the Chief of Defense Forces.
Kasirye’s children led by Nagitta eulogized him saying he was the best friend and a fantastic dad.
The children lauded the UPDF and President Museveni for working closely with their dad and allowing him to serve his country. Those who loved the general said he was an environmentalist while those who hate him accused him of impunity.
Gen. Katumba Wamala who represented the President said that UPDF will forever miss the eccentric general.
“Kasirye worked as a military officer and did not let the officer code down. He made a good report of himself. He loved the army and was in his blood. He didn’t just join the army he lived and loved it. He has been a real soldier in all aspects including his talk, walk and his entire behaviour,” Gen. Katumba Wamala said about the fallen General.
Kasirye Ggwanga joined the Amin’s army at a tender age of 20 in 1972. Ggwanga was first deployed in West Nile as a map reader but was captured in 1978 and taken to Tanzania as a prisoner of war. On his release, he joined the late Andrew Lutakome Kayiira’s army called Uganda Freedom Movement.
In 1985 he ditched the UFM and joined the National Resistance Army (NRA) which was operating in the Luwero Triangle.
Between 1986 and 2005 the fallen General served as the director of stores in the UPDF and LC5 chairman for Mubende District.
While speaking at Kasirye Ggwanga burial, Gen Katumba Wamala applauded the deceased for not using the position he served in to generate wealth. Kasirye was the director of barracks for eight years between 1986 and 1994.
“He did not go into the primitive accumulation of wealth even though he had the chance to do it,” General Katumba Wamala said about the fallen soldier.
