Bush war hero and strong Museveni confidant Maj. Gen. Kasirye Gwanga has died, The Tower Post reports.

Gen. Gwanga breathed his last on the morning of Tuesday June 9th which is also celebrated as international heroes’ day.

This website understandas that he has been ailing for close to a month and has been under admission at the UPDF Senior Officers Diagnostic Centre based in Mbuya.

He was later transferred to Nakasero Hospital where he died.

He will be remembered for being among the soldiers that led Uganda to her liberation in 1985.