At the time of his death, he was the Deputy Commander of the National Reserve Force within the UPDF.
[1] Prior to that, he served as the Deputy Director of the External Security Organisation.
In the past, his former assignments included as the Commandant of the 4th Army Division in Gulu, Northern Uganda.
In 2004, at the rank of colonel, he was a member of the pioneer class to attend the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College, at Kimaka, Jinja, Eastern Uganda, under its first commandant, Lieutenant General Ivan Koreta.
He joined the then Uganda Army in 1973 as a private and rose through the ranks to brigadier, at the time of his death.