Retired Gen David Sejusa has revealed that his entire retirement package after 46 years in Uganda’s security services amounted to Shs1.2 billion, dismissing claims that he received Shs10 billion upon retirement.
Sejusa, the former Coordinator of Intelligence Services, made the disclosure on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, while responding to a social media user who claimed that his retirement package had reached Shs10 billion.
“10bn, hahaha! Let me break my oath of not mentioning my personal things on X. My whole retirement package, pension etc, for 46 years of fighting for Uganda was 1.2bn…ONE…not TEN,” Sejusa wrote.
The retired general said the Shs1.2 billion was a one-off payment and challenged anyone questioning the figure to verify the records with the Ministries of Defence and Finance.
Sejusa also used the disclosure to raise concerns about what he described as differences between retirement benefits for former soldiers and those available to some senior civilian public officials.
“No medical cover, no car, no house, no furniture, etc… like they give those civilian retirees/judges, Prime Minister, Vice,” he wrote.
He added that some retired soldiers who served alongside him for decades received even less, arguing that military veterans do not enjoy some of the benefits he says are available to certain senior civilian retirees.
Sejusa’s Long Military Career
Sejusa, formerly known as David Tinyefuza, formally retired from the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) in August 2022 after decades in the military.
He was among 48 generals retired under Batch 12 during a ceremony presided over by President Yoweri Museveni at State House, Entebbe. He had risen to the rank of four-star general and served in several senior positions, including as army representative in Parliament, State Minister for Defence and Coordinator of Intelligence Services.
His retirement followed a lengthy dispute that had stretched back decades.
Sejusa first publicly sought to leave the military in 1996, but remained in service. He later went to court after arguing that the army had stopped paying his salary and withdrawn several benefits while he remained without formal discharge.
In 2016, the High Court ruled in his favour and awarded him Shs750 million in damages, alongside salary arrears and retirement benefits. However, the decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal in February 2022, which held that the High Court had no authority to retire him because the responsibility rested with the UPDF Commissions Board.
Sejusa subsequently signed his retirement documents at UPDF headquarters in Mbuya before formally retiring in 2022.
At his retirement ceremony, he spoke positively about his service in the NRA and UPDF and thanked Ugandans for supporting the forces during the bush war.
His latest disclosure has now brought renewed attention to the retirement benefits received by long-serving military officers, with Sejusa insisting that his own package was far below the Shs10 billion figure claimed online.
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