Major General Kasirye Ggwanga (26 August 1952 – 9 June 2020), was a Ugandan military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force.
[2][3] Following boot camp and initial training, he was posted to Arua in the West Nile sub-region, as a map reader, serving in that capacity until 1977.
The government in power at the time, led by Milton Obote of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) mistakenly thought that the recently released prisoners (former Idi Amin soldiers) were involved in the attack.
[2][4] His elder brother, Lieutenant James Kasirye, a military pilot then based at Nakasongola Military Air Base was arrested and tortured, then killed when he refused to identify where his brother Kasirye Ggwanga was hiding.
[2][4] To avenge the killing of his brother, Kasirye Ggwanga joined the UFA rebels, then about 650 in number.
In 1985, he left UFA and joined Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army, which seized power in January 1986.
According to the daily monitor, in August 2017, the now deceased General bragged about burning a grader he found on his daughter's land in Lubowa, a Kampala suburb.
[7] According to Softpower news, in January 2019, Gen Kasirye Ggwanga swaggered into action against renowned musician and presidential advisor Catherine Kusasira.
In his attempt to quell noise pollution, the trigger happy veteran shot Catherine's car tyres leaving it damaged and immobile.