Maj. Gen Hussein Adda buried in Arua Muslim cemetery
Gen. Ada, a long-serving officer, died on September 04 2025, in Kampala. He served the army for 55 years before his retirement in June 2018.
Until his death, Major General Hussein Ada, who hails from Obongi District, has been among the counted 4 surviving generals from the West Nile region. (Credit: Jonathan Driliga)
By Johnathan Driliga
Journalists @New Vision
ARUA - The Late Rtd Major General Hussein Adda was laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon, September 09, 2025, at a Muslim Cemetery in Arua city.
Gen. Ada, a long-serving officer, died on September 04 2025, in Kampala. He served the army for 55 years before his retirement in June 2018.
Until his retirement in June 2018, he was the Camp Commandant of Bombo Army Barracks.
Major General Ada was among the 11 longest-serving UPDF generals the army retired in 2018, the first retirement function where the UPDF retired that number of generals at the same time.
A dedicated officer, he rose through the Army ranks from Iddi Amin’s regime before joining the NRA fighters. 
Gen. Ada, a long-serving officer, died on September 04 2025, in Kampala. He served the army for 55 years before his retirement in June 2018. (Credit: Jonathan Driliga)
Until his death, Major General Hussein Ada, who hails from Obongi District, has been among the counted 4 surviving generals from the West Nile region.
Others are the second deputy Prime Minister, General Moses Ali, Major Michael Ondoga, former Head of UPDF contingent to Somalia, now the operation Wealth Creation coordinator for West Nile, and Major General Dick Olum, who now serves as the head of the South Sudan Stabilisation mechanism.
Maj. Gen. Hussein Adda joined the army in 1963, a year after Independence and served through the Obote, Idi Amin and Museveni regimes until he retired from the UPDF in June 2018.