Sam Kiwanuka

Major General Sam Kiwanuka (born 1965), is a senior military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), who serves as Uganda's Military Attaché to Ethiopia, based at Uganda's embassy in Addis Ababa.

Background and education He was born in Uganda circa 1965. He attended primary school locally. He joined St. Peter's College Tororo to pursue secondary education. While there, he was recruited by the National Resistance Army (NRA) during the Ugandan Bush War. Following the end of that war, he was sent to the Tanzania Military Academy, in Monduli District, Arusha Region for military training. He has attended further military courses, both inside and outside Uganda.