Lieutenant General John Mugume is a senior Ugandan military officer.
[1] He currently serves as the General Manager of Defence Forces Shop Limited, the duty-free commissary of the UPDF.
[2][3] He was born in the Western Region of Uganda.
He was one of the first 100 recruits into the National Resistance Army.
[4] Among the roles he has served in, are the following: In February 2019, in a promotions exercise involving over 2,000 men and women of the UPDF, he was promoted from the rank of Major General, to that of Lieutenant General.