Lieutenant General Pecos Kuteesa died Tuesday evening in India according to army spokesperson Flavia Byekwaso.
“UPDF fraternity regrets to announce the passing on of Lt Gen Pecos Kutesa which occurred today in India” she said on a tweet.
Lt Gen Kutesa, 65, was earlier this month among 14 generals that were retired from the army.
The 65 year old recently retired army officer was commander of the UPDF Centre of Doctrine Development and Synthetisation at the time of retirement and a former gerrila-combatant who became a member of the Uganda Constituent Assembly in 1995.
Kutesa was one of the people who participated in the five year bush war that ushered the current NRM government led by President Museveni into power in 1986.
After being trained at Monduli Training Academy in Tanzania, Gen Pecos Kutesa was one of Museveni’s bodyguard in the bush and is said to have accompanied him as he made “treacherous” journeys across Lake Victoria into Kenya to bring arms for the NRA rebels.
