Maj Gen Otto Replaces Dick Olum as Mountain Division, Operation Shujaa Commander

The President of the Republic of Uganda and the Commander in Chief of the armed forces Gen (rtd) Yoweri Museveni has appointed Maj Gen Richard Otto the New Commander of Mountain Division.

Gen Otto also takes on the responsibility as the Commander of Operation Shujaa against ADF terrorists in DRC. 

Maj Gen Dick Olum has been posted to South Sudan to oversee the Stabilisation Mechanism where Maj Gen Otto has been representing Uganda.

Gen Olum has been the Mountain Division Commander since 2022 when he replaced Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga — the current Commander Land Forces.