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Stephen Kiggundu

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Stephen Kiggundu
Rayuwa
Haihuwa 3 ga Afirilu, 1977
ƙasa Uganda
Mutuwa 31 ga Maris, 2024
Sana'a
Sana'a Matukin jirgin sama

Stephen Kiggundu (3 ga Afrilu 1977 - 31 ga Maris 2024), ya kasance jami'in soja na Uganda, matukin jirgi na soja, paratrooper, malamin Jirgin sama na soja kuma Kwamandan soja a cikin Sojojin Tsaro na Jama'ar Uganda . A lokacin mutuwarsa, ya kasance Mataimakin Kwamandan Sojojin Sama na UPDF. Ya yi aiki a wannan matsayi daga Satumba 2022 har zuwa Maris 2024.[1]

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

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An haife shi a ranar 3 ga Afrilu 1977, a unguwar da ake kira "Bugonga", a cikin Birnin Entebbe, a Gundumar Wakiso . Ya halarci makarantun firamare da sakandare na Uganda. An shigar da shi jami'a, ya kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko a fannin fasahar sadarwa da sadarwa (ICT).[1]

Horar da Soja

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Ya shiga UPDF a ranar 27 ga Yulin 1999. Ya halarci sansanin boot wanda ya dauki watanni tara. Daga nan aka zaba shi don horo a matsayin matukin jirgi na soja. A shekara ta 2000, an tura shi zuwa Isra'ila don horar da shi a matsayin matukin jirgi a kan jirgin yaki na MIG-21. Ya yi fice a cikin horar da matukin jirgi.[1]

Daga baya, ya koma Isra'ila don horar da shi a matsayin paratrooper. Ya kammala karatu a matsayin daya daga cikin 'yan fashi na farko a karkashin gwamnatin National Resistance Movement (NRM). Daga nan aka tura shi Jamhuriyar Czech don horar da shi a matsayin matukin jirgi a kan jirgin saman Aero L-39 Albatros . Yayinda yake can, an tabbatar da shi a matsayin mai koyar da matukin jirgi na soja a kan kayan aikin L-39 Albatros.[1]

Ayyukan soja

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Ya yi aiki a wurare daban-daban a cikin Sojojin Sama na UPDF, da farko a matsayin mai koyar da jirgin sama a kan kayan aikin L-39 Albatros da MIG-21. A shekara ta 2008 ya tashi sama a yakin da ya yi da Joseph Kony da Lord's Resistance Army a cikin Garamba National Forest a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo . Ya kuma yi yaƙi a yaƙin da aka yi da kungiyar ta'addanci ta Allied Democratic Front a Yammacin Uganda da Gabashin DR Congo[1]

Na wani lokaci, a matakin Lieutenant Colonel, ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan Soroti Air Force Wing . [2] Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan ƙungiyar Sukhoi Su-30MK2 squadron. A cikin 2022, shugaban Kanal Yoweri Museveni ya inganta shi daga Lieutenant Colonel zuwa Brigadier Janar, ya tsallake matsayin Colonel. Daga nan aka nada shi Mataimakin Kwamandan Sojojin Sama na UPDF, wanda ya zama Lieutenant Janar Charles Okidi.[1][3][4]

Brigadier Kiggundu ya kashe shi yayin da yake wanka a cikin gidan wanka na gidansa na hukuma a birnin Entebbe, a yammacin Lahadi 31 ga Maris 2024, kwana uku kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta 47. Sojojin Uganda sun kaddamar da bincike game da yanayin mutuwarsa.[5][6][7] An binne shi a ranar 4 ga Afrilu 2024 a Gidan kakanninmu, a Kijambura Cell, Nyangahya Division, Kikwanana Ward a Gundumar Masindi, Yankin Bunyoro, a Yankin Yammacin Uganda.[8]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Andrew Bagala (2 April 2024). "Experts probe how Brig Gen Kiggundu was electrocuted". Retrieved 4 April 2024. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "1R" defined multiple times with different content.
  2. Emmanuel Alom (13 October 2022). "Uganda Sends Second Air Force Unit To Somalia". New Vision. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. Linda Nduwumwami (1 April 2024). "Air Force chief Gen Kiggundu dies in bathroom accident: Defence". Nile Post Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. Charles Etukuri (8 November 2022). "Museveni Names New Air Force Commanders". New Vision. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  5. Linda Nduwumwami (1 April 2024). "Air Force chief Gen Kiggundu dies in bathroom accident: Defence". Nile Post Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  6. George Asiimwe (1 April 2024). "UPDF Deputy Airforce Commander, Stephen Kiggundu Dies in Bathroom". ChimpReports. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  7. Ivan Mubiru (31 March 2024). "Brig Gen. Stephen Kiggundu found dead in bathroom". Watchdog Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  8. "UPDF Accords Brigadier Kiggundu Eleven Gun Salute". 5 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.