NRAHEROES LT. COL. SERWANGA LWANGA. (RIP) R0/00053

Serwanga joined NRA in 1981 and while in the bush, he was nicknamed THE HORSE, because he would carry messages from the base camp and frontline and deliver them as fast as a horse or wind even through hostile communities.
When the former UNLA Commander, Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa became President after toppling President Milton Obote in the July 1985 coup, asked all rebel groups to join him. Even when all the other groups were willing to join the new government, NRA rebels refused the offer.
Lutwa then called for peace talks and NRA accepted. Nairobi, Kenya, was chosen as the venue.
Talks started on Aug.20- Dec 17,1985. However, rebels lacked information about these talks and there was so much propaganda, forexample, the rebels were told that their leader, President Museveni had agreed to a 50/50 share of posts with the government.
They therefore need authentic information and for his swiftness and intelligence, Serwanga was chosen for the deadly mission to Nairobi to get accurate information. Unfortunately, he was arrested at Busia boarder.
On December 17, 1985, a peace accord between the NRA rebels and the junta was signed. But Serwanga was still detained at the Nile Mansions, now Serena Hotel in Kampala.
In the second week of January 1986, a deal was concluded and Serwanga was handed over to the NRM external wing in Nairobi.
In the struggle, Serwanga served in many capacities and held many important appointments;
• Intelligence Officer
• Deputy Chief Political Commissar
• Acting Commanding Officer of the Task Force Black Bombers
• PPS
• Chief Political Commissar
He participated actively in the formation of Resistance Councils and Committees, and was part of the Constitutional Commission which sensitized the people.
I stand to be corrected