{President Museveni has received the Order Katonga, which is highest military decoration in Uganda.}<\/p>\n
The medal was presented to him on Thursday by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe during the national Heroes Day celebrations at Ssi Town Council, Ssi Sub-county, Buikwe District.<\/p>\n
President Museveni\u2019s younger brother, Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho alias Salim Saleh got the Kabalega Star, the second highest honour in the country.<\/p>\n
Gen Museveni decorated Gen. Saleh.<\/p>\n
A citation by Gen. Elly Tumwine, the chairman of the Decoration Board, said Gen. Museveni immensely contributed to the liberation of Uganda.<\/p>\n
Gen. Tumwine traced Gen Museveni\u2019s role to an event in December 1972 in Mbale District, some 260 kilometres East of Kampala.<\/p>\n
Field Marshal Idi Amin was the President of Uganda, having captured power through a coup a year earlier, from Milton Obote.<\/p>\n
Gen Museveni, who was not happy with the Amin regime, started meeting with like \u2013 minded persons in Uganda to brainstorm on how to liberate Uganda from Amin\u2019s grip.<\/p>\n
During one such meeting, in Maluku Housing Estate in Mbale, an estimated 15 Uganda Army Military Police, acting on intelligence information, surrounded the house in which Gen Museveni was meeting his comrades.<\/p>\n
Fighting broke out, resulting in the death of two Uganda Army personnel and two of Gen Museveni\u2019s comrades Martin Mwesiga and H. Mpiima.<\/p>\n
Gen Museveni, who reportedly had only a pistol, made a daring escape from the Uganda army soldiers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat escape of Yoweri Museveni in 1972\u2026ensured his survival, thus enabling him later, to lead an attack on Kabamba Barracks in Mubende District,\u201d Gen Tumwine said.<\/p>\n
He said the attack on Kabamba Barracks marked the start of the National Resistance Army (NRA) bush war struggle.<\/p>\n
Gen Tumwine said: \u201cFor Museveni to begin the struggle stands out as a unique attribute of leadership, service and sacrifice. This unique contribution to the struggle culminated in the liberation of our country on January 26, 1986 and forms the basis for this award.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gen Tumwine said it was Mr Museveni, who conceptualized and planned the execution of the liberation struggle against Amin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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