Shaban Bantariza

Shaban Bantariza (1963 – 27 Ogw'ekkumi 2020) yali Colonel mu ggye lya Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF).  Yaliko amyuuka dayirekita wa Uganda Media Center era omumyuka w'omwogezi wa gavumenti, okuva mu Ogw'omukaaga 2015.   

 Ebyafaayo n'obuyigirize 
Bantariza yazaalibwa mu Disitulikiti y’e Mitooma mu  bendobendo ly'amaserengeta, nga mu mwaka gwa 1963. Yasomera mu ttendekero lya St. Leo’s, Kyegobe, e Fort Portal, mu Disitulikiti y’e Kabarole okusoma O-Level. Oluvannyuma yeegatta ku b’oluganda Abakatoliki, gye yatendekebwa ng’omusomesa owa pulayimale.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Leo's_College,_Kyegobe

Bwe yali asoma emisomo mu yunivasite y’e Makerere mu 1985, yagisuulawo n’ayingira eggye lya National Resistance , eryakulemberwa Yoweri Museveni . Yagenda mu nkambi ey’abayeekera mu kitundu ky’e Kabarore, wansi w’ensozi eza Rwenzori. Era yasomera era n’atikkirwa mu ttendekero lya Uganda Senior Command and Staff College, ng’amaze okusoma omusomo gw’abaduumizi abakulu ogusomebwa buli mwaka mu ttendekero lino. 

 Emirimu 
Bantariza yaweereza ng’omwogezi wa UPDF okuva mu 2000 okutuuka mu 2002 n’okuva mu 2003 okutuuka mu 2006.  Okumala ekiseera, nga Ogw'okubiri 2009 tannatuuka, Bantariza, ku ddaala lya lieutenant colonel, yaweereza ng’omuduumizi w’essomero lya Oliver Tambo Leadership School,  e Kaweweta, Disitulikiti y’e Nakaseke, mu bendobendo ly'amasekkati ga Uganda .  Nga 26 Ogw'okubiri 2009, yalondebwa okuba omuduumizi w'ekitongole ky'obukulembeze mu ggwanga (NALI), e Kyankwanzi, Disitulikiti y'e Kyankwanzi. Yaweereza mu kifo ekyo okutuusa lwe yawummuzibwa ku mirimu gye nga 7 Ogw'ekkumi 2011. 

Mu Ogw''omukaaga 2013, yalondebwa okuba omumyuka wa Executive Director w’ekitongole ky’amawulire ekya National Media Centre. Nga 2 July 2013, ku ddaala lya colonel, yakwatibwa, n’aggulwako omusango gw’okubulankanya ssente n’azzibwayo mu kkomera ly’amagye e Makindye mu kkooti enkulu ey’amagye ku misango gy’okufera.  Oluvannyuma lw’emisango egyamala emyaka kumpi esatu,  kkooti y’amagye, eyakubirizibwa Major General Levi Karuhanga, yejjeereza Colonel Bantariza olw’obutaba na bujulizi bumuvunaanibwa, nga 14 April 2015.  Nga 24 Ogw'omukaaga 2015, oluvannyuma lw’okuggyibwako emisango mu kkooti enkulu ey’amagye, yaddamu okukola ku Uganda Media Centre, pulezidenti wa Uganda ng’eragidde mu buwandiike nti Bantariza addemu okukola. 

 Okuwummula okuva mu ggye lya UPDF 
Nga 28 Ogw'omwenda 2015, Bantariza yawummula eggye lya UPDF. Yagenda mu maaso n'okuweereza ng'omumyuka w'omwogezi wa gavumenti okutuusa lwe yafa nga 27 Ogw'ekkumi 2020.

 Okufa 
Yafa nga 27 Ogw'ekkumi 2020, mu ddwaliro e Mulago National Referral Hospital, gye yali amaze ennaku bbiri nga alumizibwa mu kifuba, okukoowa n’okifuba. Nga tannafa, yali yekebegyeddwa sampolo ezaali zizuuliddwa nga zirina senyiga omukambwe . Era yalina obulwadde bwa sukaali ne puleesa . 

 Laba ne 

 Aronda Nyakairima
 Felix Kulaygye
 Nobel Mayombo
 Uganda Minisitule y’ebyamawulire empuliziganya ne Tekinologiya

 Ebijuliziddwa 

 Ebiyungo eby’ebweru 

 Omukutu gwa Uganda Media Center