Gen. Charles Kayonga ni umwe mu basirikare bakuru b'u Rwanda (RDF) wagize uruhare rukomeye mu rugamba rwo kubohora igihugu no mu miyoborere y'ingabo nyuma y'intambara.
1. Amavuko n'Uburezi
Charles Kayonga yavutse mu mwaka wa 1962 muri Uganda, aho ababyeyi be bari barahungiye. Amashuri ye yisumbuye n'aho yize kaminuza yabirangije muri Uganda, aho yize muri kaminuza ya Makerere.
2. Urugamba rwo kubohora u Rwanda (1990-1994)
Kayonga yinjiye mu ngabo za RPA (Rwanda Patriotic Army) mu rugamba rwatangiye muri Ukwakira 1990. Azwi cyane ku ruhare yagize mu bikorwa bya gisirikare bitandukanye:
Uruhare muri Battalion ya 3: Mu gihe cy’amasezerano ya Arusha, Kayonga yari ayoboye Battalion ya 3 (3rd Battalion) yari icumbitse mu nyubako y’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko (CND).
Kurokora abantu muri Jenoside: Iyi batayo yari iyobowe na we niyo yagize uruhare rukomeye mu kurinda abanyapolitiki n'abaturage bari bahungiye muri CND, ndetse no gutangiza ibikorwa byo guhagarika Jenoside yakorerwaga Abatutsi muri Mata 1994 mu mujyi wa Kigali.
3. Inshingano zikomeye nyuma y'Urugamba
Nyuma y’intambara, Gen. Kayonga yagiye ahabwa inshingano zikomeye mu rwego rwa gisirikare no muri dipolomasi:
Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo (CDS): Yabaye Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo z’u Rwanda (Chief of Defence Staff) kuva mu mwaka wa 2010 kugeza muri 2013, asimbuye Gen. James Kabarebe.
Umugaba w’Ingabo zirwanira ku butaka: Mbere yo kuba Umugaba Mukuru, yari yarayoboye ingabo zirwanira ku butaka.
Amashuri ya gisirikare: Yize mu mashuri akomeye ya gisirikare, harimo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika muri U.S. Army War College.
4. Akazi muri Dipolomasi
Mu mwaka wa 2014, yagizwe Ambasaderi w’u Rwanda mu Bushinwa, inshingano yashubije mu mwaka wa 2019. Ibi byerekana ko yari umuntu wizewe atari mu bya gisirikare gusa, ahubwo no mu mubano mpuzamahanga.
5. Igihe kirere (Retirement)
Muri Nyakanga 2023, Gen. Charles Kayonga ari mu basirikare bakuru bashyizwe mu kiruhuko cy’izabukuru (Retirement) nyuma y’igihe kirekire akorera igihugu.
