Uganda Umusirikari Yakuwe Ku Ipeti Rya Lieutenant General Agirwa Private .

Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo za Uganda (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, yatangaje ko yambuye amapeti ya gisirikare Lieutenant General Peter Elwelu, wahoze ari Umugaba Mukuru wungirije w’Ingabo za Uganda, akavuga ko yamugize umusirikare wo ku rwego rwa Private, ari rwo rwego rwo hasi mu nzego za gisirikare. Iri tangazo ryatangajwe ku wa Kabiri, tariki ya 27 Ukwakira 2026, binyuze ku rubuga nkoranyambaga rwa X, nk’uko byatangajwe n’ikinyamakuru cyo muri Uganda, Daily Monitor.

Mu butumwa bwe, Muhoozi yavuze ko Elwelu ari umugambanyi, anatangaza ko abasirikare barenga 20 bahoze bakorana na we batawe muri yombi kandi ko bari gufasha inzego z'iperereza. Yongeyeho ko Elwelu agomba kwishyikiriza inzego za gisirikare, avuga ko ibyo bishobora kumurinda guhura n’akaga. Icyakora, Muhoozi ntiyatangaje amazina y’abafashwe cyangwa ngo asobanure ibyaha bakekwaho.

Iri tangazo ryakurikiye amakuru y’ibindi bikorwa by’umutekano byatangajwe n’ibitangazamakuru byo muri Uganda, birimo igikorwa cyo gusaka imwe mu nzu za Elwelu mu karere ka Teso. Ikinyamakuru The Investigator cyatangaje ko Muhoozi yavuze ko ingabo zidasanzwe za Uganda (Special Forces) zavumbuye imbunda zo mu bwoko bwa AK-47, izindi mbunda n’amasasu muri iyo nzu. Iki kinyamakuru kandi cyatangaje ko Muhoozi yasabye Elwelu kwishyikiriza ingabo mu gihe gito, bitaba ibyo akamufata nk’umwigomeke. Ibyo birego byari bitaratangwaho ibisobanuro na Elwelu cyangwa abamwunganira mu mategeko igihe inkuru yasohokaga.

Ese Peter Elwelu Yari muntu ki ?;Peter Elwelu ni umwe mu basirikare bakuru bagize uruhare mu bikorwa bitandukanye bya gisirikare bya Uganda mu myaka ishize. Nk’uko Minisiteri y’Ingabo n’Abahoze mu Gisirikare ya Uganda ibigaragaza, yinjiye mu gisirikare mu 1987, nyuma aza guhabwa inshingano zitandukanye mu buyobozi bw’ingabo.

Mu kwezi kwa Kamena 2013, yagizwe umuyobozi w’Diviziyo ya Kabiri y’ingabo za Uganda, ifite icyicaro i Mbarara. Ku wa 9 Mutarama 2017, yagizwe umuyobozi w’ingabo zirwanira ku butaka, umwanya yagumyeho kugeza muri Kamena 2021, ubwo yagirwaga Umugaba Mukuru wungirije w’Ingabo za Uganda.

Mu mwaka wa 2019, Elwelu yazamuwe mu ipeti ava kuri Major General agirwa Lieutenant General. Iryo peti ni rimwe mu yo yari afite igihe yakoraga imirimo yo kuba Umugaba Mukuru wungirije w’Ingabo za Uganda.

Mu kwezi kwa Werurwe 2024, yavuye ku mwanya w’Umugaba Mukuru wungirije w’Ingabo za Uganda. Mu mwaka wa 2025, ibitangazamakuru byo muri Uganda byatangaje ko yari mu basirikare bakuru bari biteganyijwe kujya mu kiruhuko cy’izabukuru.

Izina rya Elwelu ryagiye rigarukwaho cyane kubera igikorwa cya gisirikare cyabereye i Kasese mu kwezi k’Ugushyingo 2016, ubwo ingabo za Uganda zagabaga igitero ku ngoro y’ubwami bwa Rwenzururu.

Nk’uko The Observer yabitangaje mu 2025, icyo gikorwa cyahitanye abantu nibura 153, mu gihe Umwami Charles Wesley Mumbere na we yatawe muri yombi. Elwelu yari umuyobozi w’ingabo zirwanira ku butaka mu gihe icyo gikorwa cyabaga.

Muri Gicurasi 2024, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zamufatiye ibihano kubera uruhare yavugwagaho mu bwicanyi budakozwe mu buryo bwemewe n’amategeko bwakozwe n’ingabo za Leta. Icyo gihe, ibihano byari bifitanye isano n’ibikorwa bya gisirikare byahitanye abasivili muri Uganda.

Nubwo Muhoozi yatangaje ko yambuye Elwelu amapeti, amakuru yatangajwe na Daily Monitor ntiyagaragazaga inyandiko irambuye yemewe n’inzego za gisirikare isobanura inzira yakoreshejwe mu gufata icyo cyemezo. Bityo, ni ngombwa gutandukanya itangazo ry’Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo n’icyemezo cyemejwe hakurikijwe amategeko n’amabwiriza agenga igisirikare.

Mu gihe iyi nkuru yatangazwaga, Elwelu ntiyari yagira icyo atangaza ku mugaragaro ku birego cyangwa ku itangazo ryo kumwambura amapeti. Nta bisobanuro birambuye byari byatangajwe ku mugaragaro ku byaha abasirikare barenga 20 bavugwa ko bafashwe bakekwaho.

Iri tangazo ryashyize Elwelu mu bibazo bishya by’umutekano, cyane cyane nyuma y’amakuru avuga ko hari imbunda n’amasasu byabonetse mu nzu ye. Icyakora, ibyo birego biracyasaba iperereza n’ibimenyetso byigenga kugira ngo hamenyekane inkomoko y’izo ntwaro, abazigenzuraga n’impamvu zari zihari.