1986 Luweero bush war hero, Gen Elly Tumwine has been confirmed dead at the age of 68 at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya where he was flown to for better treatment for cancer - related complications.
After being announced dead one week ago, his family came out through his Twitter and trashed the reports but now new evidence confirms that the General has breathed his last.
Tumwine who has also previously represented the UPDF in the Parliament's real cause of death has not been revealed.
Tumwine is one of the 42 people armed with 27 guns who attacked Kabamba barracks to launch the NRA protracted war that five years later in 1986 would usher the current government to power.
Having left his teaching career in 1978, Tumwine joined the FRONASA forces led by Museveni.
In 1981, when then rebel leader Yoweri Museveni went to the bush to form the National Resistance Army (NRA) after disputing the outcome of the 1980 elections, Tumwine went with him.
General Elly Tumwine might have made statements that angered many especially after the Kampala shootings during presidential campaigns, but it doesn't take away the fact that he was a liberator! #RIPGenEllyTumwine pic.twitter.com/qvjFw6ZCD4
— Sudhir Byaruhanga (@Sudhirntv) August 25, 2022
