Gavas Mugyenyi

{{short description|Ugandan general}}

{{not confuse|John Mugyenyi}}

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| honorific_prefix = Major General

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| birth_place = Uganda

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|occupation = Military Officer

| years_active = 1981–present

| nationality = Ugandan

| citizenship = Uganda

| known_for = Military Matters

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Major General Gavas Mugyenyi, also Garvas Mugyenyi is a senior military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). He serves as Uganda's military attache to India, effective January 2020.{{cite web|title=UPDF Air Force gets new deputy commander |url=https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2020/01/updf-air-force-gets-new-deputy-commander.html |date=25 January 2020 |

publisher=PML Daily |access-date=27 January 2020 | author=Javira Ssebwami |place=Kampala}}

Before that, from December 2017 until January 2020, he served as the deputy commander of the UPDF Air Force, replacing Major General Sam Kavuma, who was appointed deputy commander of the UPDF Land Forces.{{cite web| first=Risdel | date=3 December 2017 |last=Kasasira |newspaper=Daily Monitor |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni-creates-new-deputy-commander-Land-Forces-position-/688334-4211916-a1t7bfz/index.html |title=Museveni creates new deputy commander Land Forces position |access-date=4 December 2017 | location=Kampala}}