Gen. Kayanja Muhanga will now lead the UPDF's Land Forces in place of Kainerugaba, the UPDF announced in a message.
Additionally, Muhanga was elevated from Major General to Lieutenant General.
Kainerugaba's time in the military Kainerugaba was born in 1974 on April 24.He enlisted in the UPDF in 1999 as an officer cadet and later earned his degree from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the top institution for training British army officers, in 2000.
Kainerugaba was given a promotion to Colonel in September 2011. He then enrolled in the Executive National Security Program at the South African National Defence College in February 2012.He received a promotion to Brigadier General in August 2012 and was given the position of Commander Special Forces Command (SFC).
Kainerugaba was one of the senior UPDF commanders sent to South Sudan in 2013 and 2014 to restore peace to the world's youngest nation when fighting broke out in Juba between opposing SPLAT factions.He was designated senior presidential adviser on special duties in 2017, and he served in that capacity through December 2020.
He received a promotion to Lieutenant General in February 2019.