Proscovia Nalweyiso

She was born in June 1954, in Mpigi District, in a family with 20 children. In 1979, she began work as a schoolteacher and typist in her home area. During this period, she became an active member of the Ugandan Democratic Party. Following the 1980 Ugandan national elections and the subsequent formation of the National Resistance Army (NRA), Nalweyiso joined the guerrillas in the bush in 1982. ==Military career==

In 1983 a unit of female NRA fighters was formed and Nalweyiso was appointed as its commandant. The following year, the unit was relocated from Luweero District in Central Uganda, to Western Uganda. In February 2019, in a promotions exercise that involved over 2,000 men and women of the UPDF, she was promoted from the rank of major general to lieutenant general. ==Personal==

In 1974, while still a civilian, Nalweyiso married an army officer. She later separated from her husband. She is the mother of four children. ==References==