Richard Otto (military officer)
Richard Otto Major General | |
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| Born | January 1, 1968 Uganda |
| Allegiance | Uganda |
| Branch | UPDF Land Forces |
| Years of service | 1986 – Present |
| Rank | Major General |
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Major General Richard Otto is a senior military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). Since 16th April 2025, he was appointed Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security from commander of the UPDF Mountain Division and also Commander of "Operation Shujaa", a joint undertaking by the UPDF and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) to neutralize the Allied Democratic Front (ADF) terrorist organization in the Eastern DR Congo. Ptior to his UPDF mountain division assignment, Richard Otto was the chairman of the "South Sudan Peace Mechanism", an IGAD-sponsored observer mechanism, to ensure adherence to the peace treaties by the protagonists.
Before that, he was the commanding officer of the third army division of the UPDF, based in Moroto. He was appointed to that position in May 2017.
Prior to that, he served as the commander of the UPDF contingent in the Central African Republic, as part of the African Union Regional Task Force (AU-RTF), the regional counter-offensive against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).