Uganda, April 20 -- It takes courage to call a senior serving Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) officer a "bastard" and get away with it.

But Makerere University Don, Prof Phillip Kasaijja Apuuli, walked scot-free when he referred to Maj Gen George Igumba as such and the Commandant of the Jinja-based Senior Command and Staff College, Kimaka, said "it fits his description in the real sense."

"Gen Igumba is a product of an away match, and that is how he ended up being a bastard; abandoned at the age of six months and had to live with his paternal grandmother," Prof Kasaijja said on April 19.

Prof Kasaijja was one of the guests reviewing Gen Igumba's autobiography, "Born To Win: From Bastardhood To Generalship" which was launched by V...