The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) are mourning the passing away of Uganda Military Engineering College Commandant, Maj Gen Dennis Asiimwe.
“The UPDF family and indeed the nation woke up to the demise of Maj Gen Dennis Asiimwe, the long-serving commandant of Engineer’s College Lugazi,” Deputy Defence Spokesperson, Col Deo Akiiki, tweeted on Sunday.
“We commiserate with the family. “Generals never die but they fade away” RIP Gen.”
President Museveni in June 2021 promoted then Brigadier Asiimwe to the rank of Major General.
At the time of his death, Maj Gen Asiimwe was the head of the Uganda Military Engineering College (UMEC), a tertiary institution of higher learning, that instructs qualified military officers and technicians in various fields of engineering and science.
UMEC was commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief of Uganda Armed Forces, Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, on 29 January 2009 at Magamaga in Mayuge District.
When the Ministry of Defence purchased the defunct Lugazi University premises, a section of the facility was allotted to UMEC and in October 2010 the college relocated to Lugazi cantonment.
