Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who is also the Rwanda Defence Force’s (RDF) Commander-in-Chief, on Monday promoted four senior military officers.
According to a communique from the RDF, Brigadier Generals Vincent Nyakarundi, Willy Rwagasana and Ruki Karusisi have been promoted to the rank of Major General.
Nyakarundi is the head of defence intelligence while Rwagasana is the commandant of the Republican Guard.
The two have been at the center of implementation of resolutions to ensure good relations between Uganda and Rwanda.
Karusisi is the Commandant of RDF Special Operations Force. They all retained their postings.
Nyakarundi, who was Rwanda’s first-ever military attaché to the United Nations (UN) in New York back in 2009, was promoted to Brig General in January 2018.
The January 2018 promotion also saw Rwagasana elevated to Brigadier General.
Karusisi, a former Head of Operations in the Republican Guard, was promoted to Brigadier General in July, 2020.
In other promotions, Colonel Ronald Rwivanga, the Spokesperson of the Rwanda Defence Force, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.
Rwivanga had been promoted to rank of colonel on June 18, 2021.
Rwivanga has also been involved in the normalisation process of Uganda-Rwanda relations.
He was part of the delegation led by Gen Nyakarundi in Uganda that met UPDF CLF Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba and CMI Chief Maj Gen James Birungi among others senior UPDF officers.
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