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Tito Lutwa Okello (15 October 1914 – 3 June 1996) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the eighth president of Uganda from 29 July 1985 until 26 January 1986.<ref name="President">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BackgroundEdit

Tito Okello was born into an ethnic Acholi family in circa 1914 in Namukora,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kitgum District.<ref name="Toes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He joined the King's African Rifles in 1940 and served in the East African Campaign of World War II. As a career military officer, he had a variety of assignments.

As a follower of President Milton Obote, Okello went into exile following the 1971 coup d'état that resulted in Idi Amin becoming Uganda's new ruler. In 1972, rebels invaded Uganda to restore Obote. Okello was one of the leaders of an insurgent group which targeted Masaka. The invasion was defeated by loyalist Uganda Army troops.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Okello took part in the Uganda–Tanzania War. He was one of the commanders in the coalition between the Tanzania People's Defence Force and the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) that removed Amin from power in 1979. In 1980, Obote was restored to presidency. Okello was selected to be the Commander of the UNLA from 1980 to 1985.<ref name="President"/>

Coup d'étatEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In July 1985, together with Bazilio Olara-Okello, Tito Lutwa Okello staged the coup d'état that toppled President Obote. Okello ruled as president for six months until he had to transfer power to the National Resistance Army (NRA) operating under the leadership of the current president, Yoweri Museveni. He went into exile in Kenya after his tenure was forcefully terminated by Museveni.<ref name="Toes"/>

Extended familyEdit

Tito Okello's son Henry Oryem Okello is the current State Minister for Foreign Affairs responsible for International Affairs.<ref name="President"/><ref name="Toes"/> In 2002, Tito Okello's younger brother, Erisanweri Opira, was abducted from his home in Kitgum District by the rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). His abduction was considered unusual as the LRA usually kidnapped teenagers and young people to use as prospective soldiers or sex slaves. Opira was in his late seventies when he was abducted.<ref name="Rebels">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Final yearsEdit

Okello remained in exile until 1993, when he was granted amnesty by President Museveni and returned to Kampala. He died three years later, of an undisclosed illness, on 3 June 1996. He was almost 82 years old at the time of his death. He was buried at his ancestral home in Kitgum District.<ref name="NYTimes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Legacy and honoursEdit

In January 2010, Okello was posthumously awarded the Kagera National Medal of Honour for fighting against the Idi Amin dictatorship in the 1970s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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