Major General Richard Otto is a senior military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF).

Since 13 May 2024, he has been the Commander of the UPDF Mountain Division and also Commander of "Operation Shujaa", a joint undertaking by the UPDF and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) to neutralize the Allied Democratic Front (ADF) terrorist organization in the Eastern DR Congo.

[citation needed] The regional task force to neutralise (kill or capture) the Ugandan fugitive Joseph Kony was established in 2012.

[8] Richard Otto, at the rank of brigadier, also served as commander of the 6,000 military personnel comprising the UPDF AMISOM contingent in Somalia.

[9] In October 2017, the president of Uganda and commander-in-chief sent Richard Otto, now at the rank of Brigadier to replace Dick Prit Olum as the head of the UPDF third division, in Moroto.