Edward Katumba Wamala, commonly known as Katumba Wamala, is a retired Ugandan military officer and politician who serves as Minister of Public Service in the Ugandan cabinet, since 26 May 2026.
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Commander of UPDF Land Forces Lieutenant General Edward Katumba Wamala in Mogadishu
The Ugandan Bush War was a civil war fought in Uganda by the official Ugandan government and its armed wing, the Uganda National Liberation Army, against a number of rebel groups, most importantly the
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…District, British Uganda Allegiance UNLA (1980–1986) Uganda (1986–present) Branch Ugandan Land Forces Service years 1980–present Rank General Conflicts Ugandan Bush War War in Uganda (1986–1994) Operation Thunderbolt (1997) Lord's Resistance Army insurgency South Sudanese Civil War Education Nkumba University (Bachelor…
North Korea under Kim Il Sung (pictured) was one of Obote's foreign allies during the Bush War, and provided military equipment as well as advisors.
Much of the fighting during the Ugandan Bush War took place in the countryside (pictured: farmland and adjacent wilderness at Mbazzi, central Uganda).
The "Butuntumula War Memorial Mass Grave", one of many mass graves for victims of the Bush War across Uganda.