general and then retired with full honours from the Army after thirty four years of service. He effectively skipped the rank of major general. Appointment to Cabinet On 6 June 2016, he was appointed to the Cabinet as the Minister of National Security. He was relieved of his cabinet responsibilities on the evening of Sunday, 4 March 2018, in a presidential tweet, in which General Kale Kayihura, the inspector general of police, was also fired. See also Uganda People's Defence Force Parliament of Uganda Rukungiri District Cabinet of Uganda References External links Brigadier Tumukunde Sentenced To Serious Warning Living people 1959 births Government ministers of Uganda Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Law Development Centre alumni Makerere University alumni Members of the Parliament of Uganda Ugandan generals People from Rukungiri District People from Western Region, Uganda Ugandan military personnel 21st-century Ugandan politicians