Godwin Sule

Biography Rebel activity and rise in the Uganda Army Sule originated from southern Sudan. He was Christian as well as an ethnic Sudanese-Nubian and/or Kakwa. At some point, he joined the Anyanya rebels to fight against the Sudanese government in the First Sudanese Civil War. and appointed commander of the Uganda Army's Malire Battalion.

In 1976 Sule served as commander of Entebbe Air Base and acting commander of the Uganda Army Air Force. He was not present at the facility during Operation Entebbe—a nighttime Israeli attack which destroyed a significant portion of the Uganda Army Air Force—having left early to meet a female companion at Lake Victoria Hotel. Uganda Army Chief of Staff Mustafa Adrisi reportedly wanted to incarcerate or execute Sule for his lapse in responsibility, but his closeness to Amin guaranteed his safety. From at least 1977 to his eventual death in combat, he headed the Paratroopers Military School in Uganda's capital Kampala.

Uganda–Tanzania War In late 1978, the Uganda–Tanzania War broke out under unclear circumstances. After an initial Ugandan invasion of Tanzanian territory was defeated, the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) launched a counter-invasion and overran the border town of Mutukula on 21–22 January 1979. Although the garrison had been promised immediate reinforcements, these never arrived. Shortly after the battle, Sule and Brigadier Taban Lupayi arrived with a helicopter at nearby Sanje, to where the Mutukula garrison had retreated. They informed the local commander, Bernard Rwehururu, that the reinforcements had halted in Lukaya, to the north. This information was received badly by the local troops; Sule sensed that the soldiers could possibly revolt and instructed Lupayi to order the reinforcements to advance so that they could relieve Rwehururu's men. Regardless, the troops remained restive. A warrant officer informed Lupayi that some angry infantrymen might be tempted to shoot the officers, causing Sule and Lupayi to quickly leave in their helicopter. In the next months, the Uganda Army was repeatedly defeated by the TPDF and allied Ugandan rebels.

In an attempt to reverse the Tanzanian victories, Amin placed Sule in charge of a large-scale counter-offensive that included Ugandan units as well as allied Libyan and Palestine Liberation Organisation forces. At the time, Sule was regarded as one of the Uganda Army's most competent commanders. While most foreign-born soldiers in the Uganda Army proved to be unreliable and unmotivated during the conflict, Sule was genuinely interested in driving the TPDF from Uganda. He was subsequently killed amid the fighting. which disintegrated after the Battle of Lukaya. Amin was overthrown when Tanzanian-led forces captured Kampala in April 1979.