President Yoweri Museveni who is also the commander in chief of the UPDF has appointed Maj Gen Dick Olum as commander UPDF mountain brigade.
Maj Gen Olum replaces Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga who was appointed commander Land Forces recently.
Olum also takes on the overall command of Operation Shujaa, a task previously held by Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
Dick Olum been the defense advisor at Uganda’s embassy in Kinshasa.
He has previously served as the commanding officer of the UPDF third division in Karamoja. Before that, he served as the commander of the UPDF contingent in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM).
Olum was born in Zombo District, West Nile sub-region, Northern Region of Uganda in 1970.
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