[2] Immediately prior to his deployment to Somalia, Kabango was the Commanding Officer of the 5th UPDF Division, based in Achol-Pii, Agago District, in the Northern Region of Uganda.
[3] Kabango previously served as the Deputy Force Commander of the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crisis (ACIRC), based in Luanda, Ãngola.
He has also served as the Military Commander of the African Union Rapid Transition Force established to kick Joseph Kony out of South Sudan and Central African Republic.
[2][4] Kabango has previously served in Somalia, when he was part of the UPDF Battle Group II, in 2008.
In 2018, he took over as UPDF AMISOM Commander from Major General (at that time Brigadier) Paul Lokech, who was then appointed Commandant of Uganda Rapid Deployment Capability Centre (URDCC).