Proscovia Nalweyiso

Proscovia Nalweyiso is a senior Ugandan military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). At the rank of lieutenant general, she is the highest ranking female officer, in the Ugandan military.

Background She was born in June 1954, in Mpigi District, in a family with 20 children.

In February 2019, in a promotions exercise that involved over 2,000 men and women of the UPDF, she was promoted from the rank of major general to lieutenant general.

Personal In 1974, while still a civilian, Nalweyiso married an army officer. She later separated from her husband. She is the mother of four children.