Kampala — His first major undertakings for Uganda went largely unnoticed before last Sunday when an operation he commanded left the Rwenzururu kingdom palace in Kasese town in ruins and dozens dead, with king Charles Wesley Mumbere subjected to the ignominy of public arrest before his subjects.
Brig Peter Elwelu, who joined the armed forces in 1987, cut star military teeth by exceeding expectations as commander of the first Ugandan military contingent deployed to rein in lawlessness in Somalia under the African Union banner.
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