It is the portrait of President Museveni with Lwasa Emmanuel Kaweesi and the king of Buganda Kingdom Ronald Mutebi (11) that hangs in the living luxurious two floors flat topped home situated at Bulenga of Lwasa Emmanuel alias Kagubala.
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The latter, Lwasa is married to wife Harriet Nakyejwe Lwasa whom they produced four children thus far.
Though for this interview, the veteran soldier is quick like a wink to share that the wife alone Harriet Lwasa worked miracles for him towards his development with their biological four children.
Lwasa is as jolly and whimsical as a young and fresh bride groom on a cool Monday as he takes off from the verandas that takes you to his luxurious master bedroom.
As he takes- off a seat in the white sofa seat, Lwasa is quick to exemplify that the ten years altogether in the Army service under the Uganda Resistance Army (URA) were worth serving though he would have served and lived in the army longer.
The tales of Lwasa from the joining the Army on 14 April in 1985 under the stewardship of senior Army officer Chris Kazoola and Col. Samson Mande paid dividends to the former as he learnt and re-learn several technics of serving the army and fostering patriotism in the country.
As for clarity; Lwasa’s fairytale journey in the army were orchestrated by passion and commitment following his early army entryway after failing to embark on his studies as expected and remains among 12647 soldiers that trained and fought in 1985 to 1994 accordingly.
When God, by his spirit through his words; gives you a clear vision of his will; you must walk in light of that vision (John 1: 7) and Lwasa followed the army vision by serving with eyes akimbo beyond purpose and commitment.
Lwasa -54- year old has had four children from wife Harriet Lwasa and many children from fostered girlfriends.
Born on 25th, December 1970 to the late Joseph Kaweesi and Ms Angella Kigona residents of Kyabakuza village in Masaka City; Lwasa is the eleventh born among the fourteen children; Rose Namanda, Regius Natooro, Magret Nassazi, Joseph Ssemanda and others remains deceased.
The tales of Lwasa’s journey into the army saw him serving the third battalion and fifteenth battallion and this rang in with bells of achievements thereby taking home two medals; Nalubaale Medal of honor for People’s Resistance struggle and Luweero Triangle from President Museveni in Fortpotal District and Kiboga District in late 1990s and 2005 respectively.
Lwasa by nature loves perfection and he prefers to work on a few things at a time and accomplish them with its perfection; an approach he rooted in the army.
In the army; he spent sleepless nights and fought so hard and learnt techniques too which he effected in his passion and army serving calling that died a natural cold death in 1994.
” I started in the thirteenth battalion at Ndegeya Masaka City and I had a lot of challenges as an army soldier. Sodiers from Masaka barracks faced a lot of resistance with us as many used to look for food near our army camping site.,” he says.
Lwasa worked with senior officer Gava whom he worked with as his senior escort and they were able to support each other in line with work altogether.
” I faced a lot of resistance as most of my fellow sodiers were deployed in Kampala and unfortunately I was deployed in Mbarara instead and when I returned I went to Kigumba suburbs,” he says.
” We fought in Kiryandongo, Kaluma and other fellow sodiers went in Gulu and Lira District. While in Kaluma, the Banyanya sodiers drone in water and the war was a turf one as I almost lost my right leg with the bomb fragment,” he shares.
” After Kaluma battle, I remained in the Gulu deployment instead under the senior officer Mande and latter we situated our headquarters in Lira before we were deployed in villages; Patongho and Alereki where we stayed in 1987 and 1988 respectively, ” he adds.
He narrates that he returned to Kampala for further studies in 1989 and went in Kadogo Primary School in Mbarara District under Amanya Mushega as the School Director and later went back in the Army in transport section in 1990.
“I saw sodiers being elevated to higher ranks during the watchful eye of Senior officer Mugisha Muntu though I was still young and less educated to the preferred grades ranking in the army,” Lwasa shares.
Lwasa shares that during the days of senior officer Mugisha Muntu’s regime the army was a redefined community with spectacular disciplined soldier’s throughout his ten years as Army commander from 1989 until 1998.
” To me, Mugisha Muntu remains an exceptional army commander I have ever seen, and worked under his command, ” he says.
With Army commanders; Salim Saleh, Fred Rugyema, Elly Tumwine, Aronda Nyakairima, James Kazini, and Mugisha Muntu, Lwasa’s services as army soldier paid -off dividends to the latter.
” In 1987, I was still young in the army and for the fact that I was younger and brown in color compared to fellow soldiers who were mostly black in color I was nicknamed Korea,” he says.
Lwasa’s capabilities were orchestrated by his abilities to fight with collective efficacy to win their affiliated rivalries until he chose retirement from army to settle with the family in 1994.
” I had produced two children with a pregnant mother too. I realized that my children couldn’t sustain the life in the army so I had to retire to settle for the best with my family with sentimental reasons which I did,” he recollects.
Lwasa shares that president Yoweri Museveni; remains a historical leader in Uganda’s political presidency and army leadership hyraces who has orchestrated his prowess by elevating General Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the Chief Army commander.
” I feel happy and relived with president Museveni who replaced the army with a well- educated army commander in Kainerugaba and if my wealth possessions were still enough as it has been in the past, I would have been safe with its security guaranteed,” he added.
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