Museveni promotes Kyakabale to colonel

Former exiled Lt Col Anthony Kyakabale. File photo

Kampala. The former exiled Lt Col Anthony Kyakabale has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the army promotions announced by the army on Monday.

Lt Col Kyakabale returned from exile in Sweden last year after he fled Uganda in 2001 and allegedly joined People’s Redemption Army, a rebel group in the DR Congo to fight the Uganda government. A total of 692 officers were promoted on Monday. They include one Lieutenant General, one Major General, 11 brigadiers, 41 colonels, 37 Lieutenant Colonels, 277 Majors, 321 Captains and three Lieutenants.