 Yatangiye ubuzima bwa gisirikare muri 1981 ubwo we na bagenzi be bashingaga umutwe wa National Resistance Army waje kugeza Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ku butegetsi mu mwaka wa 1986 .Ku butugetetsi bwa Museveni,Kagame yabaye mu gisirikare cya Uganda yungirije ubuyobozi burwego rwiperereza. 