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Nationality
  
Ugandan

Years active
  
1995 - present

Known for
  
Military

Occupation
  
Military Officer

Residence
  
Kampala, Uganda

Citizenship
  
Uganda

Name
  
Fred Tolit

Ethnicity
  
Acholi

Home town
  
Kampala


Fred Tolit fred tolit the court martial boss Red Pepper Uganda

Brigadier Fred Tolit, is a military officer. He currently serves as Uganda's Defense Attaché to the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Prior to that, he served as the Chairman of the UPDF General Court Martial, one of the highest military courts in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). He was replaced by Brigadier Moses Ddiba Ssentongo, the current Chairman, in June 2013.

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Background

He was born in Northern Uganda.

Military career

His military career includes service in the flowing capacities:

  • As Director of Military Intelligence, from 1993 until 1998.
  • As Chief of Operations and Training in UPDF in 1998.
  • As Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, between 2000 and 2001.
  • As the Assistant Army Chief of Staff, at the level of Colonel, between 2001 and 2003.
  • As Defense Liaison Officer at the East African Community, headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, between 2005 and 2009.
  • As Defence Attaché to Uganda's permanent mission to the United Nations headquarters in New York.
  • As Chairman of the General Court Martial of the UPDF, at the rank of Brigadier in 2012.
  • As Uganda's Defence Attaché at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, starting in 2013.

    • References

    Fred Tolit Wikipedia
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