COL.ABDUL RUGUMAYO HAILS FROM KYEGEGWA Abdul Rugumayo hails from Kyegegwa in Kyenjojo disrrict. He joined the NRA around 1987/88 after his A level at Nyakasura School. He was a victim of the deceptive recruitment method to attract people into the NRA whereby they were told that they were to form the Airforce. The group was grounded at Nakasongola airbase for quite long without any training program. Around 1990 the then Airforce Intelligence Richard Nana recommended to DMI a small number of these boys (Rugumayo inclusive). At DMI then Private Rugumayo underwent basic training in Military intelligence at Ssese Island. Upon completion, the group was formed into a Combat Squad under Combat Intelligence department. When the Military intelligence school shifted to Kaweweta in Nakaseke District Abdul Rugumayo became one of the instructors. Later he moved to CMI headquarters at Kitante to become an ADC to the then CMI Noble Mayombo. Later he rose to become the Gulu based 4th Div intelligence officer. In the mid 90s while in Gulu during Operation Iron Fist he was shot in the arm in an ambush along the Karuma -Gulu road when he was in the company of Aronda Nyakairima. During that ambush he saved Arondas life by forcibly taking him through the Counter Ambush drills. That was the first time Aronda was coming face to face with a combat action and instead he was taking cover inside the car before being forced out by Rugumayo. After a short admission at Mulago Hospital, Rugumayo never went back to field operations. On the other hand, following this ambush Museveni withdrew Aronda from Operation Iron Fist and made him the Army Commander. In appreciation for the darling rescue, Aronda promoted Rugumayo to the rank of Major and appointed him the to head counter intelligence at CMI before rising to become a Deputy CMI later. He briefly served in anti-LRA operations in CAR and currently his star has fallen partly because he a Moslem and is not known to the Muhoozi club. He is kind of grounded. INFO IS POWER
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 09:00:38 +0000
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