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Tito Lutwa Okello (1914 - June 3 1996) was one of the commanders in the coalition between the Tanzanian army
Tanzania People's Defence Force

The Tanzania Peoples? Defence Force was created in September 1964. From its inception, it was ingrained in the troops that they were a people?s force under civilian control....
 and the exiled Ugandans who removed Idi Amin
Idi Amin

Idi Amin Dada , commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan Military dictatorship and the President of Uganda of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colony regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and advanced to the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army....
 in 1979, the Commander of the Ugandan National Liberation Army from 1980 to 1985, and the President of Uganda
President of Uganda

The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. The role began as a largely ceremonial position, with the Prime Minister of Uganda holding the true power....
 from 1985 to 1986.

In 1985, together with Bazilio Olara-Okello
Bazilio Olara-Okello

Bazilio Olara-Okello was a Ugandan Officer and one of the commanders of the Uganda National Liberation Army that together with the Tanzania People's Defence Force overthrew Idi Amin in 1979....
, he staged the coup d'état
Coup d'état

A coup d??tat , often simply called a coup, is the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government....
 that ousted president Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
.






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Titookello
Tito Lutwa Okello (1914 - June 3 1996) was one of the commanders in the coalition between the Tanzanian army
Tanzania People's Defence Force

The Tanzania Peoples? Defence Force was created in September 1964. From its inception, it was ingrained in the troops that they were a people?s force under civilian control....
 and the exiled Ugandans who removed Idi Amin
Idi Amin

Idi Amin Dada , commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan Military dictatorship and the President of Uganda of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colony regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and advanced to the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army....
 in 1979, the Commander of the Ugandan National Liberation Army from 1980 to 1985, and the President of Uganda
President of Uganda

The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. The role began as a largely ceremonial position, with the Prime Minister of Uganda holding the true power....
 from 1985 to 1986.

In 1985, together with Bazilio Olara-Okello
Bazilio Olara-Okello

Bazilio Olara-Okello was a Ugandan Officer and one of the commanders of the Uganda National Liberation Army that together with the Tanzania People's Defence Force overthrew Idi Amin in 1979....
, he staged the coup d'état
Coup d'état

A coup d??tat , often simply called a coup, is the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government....
 that ousted president Milton Obote
Milton Obote

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76054-0003, Leipzig, Kenia-Tag, Gerald G?tting.jpgApolo Milton Obote , Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the United Kingdom colonialism administration in 1962....
. He ruled as president for six months until he was overthrown by the National Resistance Army
National Resistance Army

The National Resistance Army , the military wing of the National Resistance Movement , was a rebel army that waged a guerrilla war, commonly referred to as the Ugandan Bush War or "the war in the bush", against the government of Milton Obote, and later that of Tito Okello....
 (NRA) operating under the leadership of the current president, Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Kaguta Jargun Museveni has been the President of Uganda since 29 January 1986.Museveni was involved in the war that toppled Idi Amin, ending his rule in 1979, and in the rebellion that subsequently led to the demise of the Milton Obote regime in 1985....
.

His son Henry Oryem Okello
Henry Oryem Okello

Henry Oryem Okello is the Ugandan Minister of International Affairs, and previously Minister of State for Education in-charge of Sports. He is the son of former president of Uganda General Tito Okello....
 is the current Minister of International Affairs. His brother, Erisanweri Opira, was abducted from his home in Kitgum District by a rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army
Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is a guerilla campaign waged since 1987 by the sectarian Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, operating mainly in northern Uganda, but also in South Sudan and eastern DR Congo....
 (LRA). His abduction was considered unusual as the LRA usually kidnaps prospective soldiers - Opira was aged in his late seventies.

See also

  • Uganda since 1979
    Uganda since 1979

    Uganda After Amin...
    , part of the History of Uganda
    History of Uganda

    Uganda before 1900The earliest human inhabitants in a contemporary Uganda were hunter-gathers. Remnants of these people are today to be found among the pygmies in western Uganda....
     series.
  • President of Uganda
    President of Uganda

    The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. The role began as a largely ceremonial position, with the Prime Minister of Uganda holding the true power....
  • Politics of Uganda
    Politics of Uganda

    Politics of Uganda takes place within the framework of a presidential system republic, whereby the President of Uganda is both head of state and head of government, as well as of a multi-party system....