First son and Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations Muhoozi Keinerugaba has been promoted to Lieutenant General in new UPDF promotions.

Muhoozi who headed the Presidential elite guards, the Special Forces Command (SFC) has been a Major General, a rank he was promoted to in 2016.

Lieutenant General, is the third highest rank in the army before General and Field Marshal.

In the new promotions, a total of 2,031 UPDF officers have been promoted.

Among them, Major Generals; Peter Elweru, Pecos Kutesa, John Mugume, Prossy Nalweyiso, Charles Awany, James Mugira, Joseph Masanyufu and Charles Lutaaya have been made Lieutenant Generals.

Ivan Koreta and Joram Mugume have both been promoted from Lieutenant General to General.

See Full list of top promotions below.