Waris Ali Fadhul or Ali Waris Fadhul was born in eastern Uganda, near the border to Kenya, around 1940.
20 Facts About Ali Fadhul
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Ali Fadhul was an ethnic Busoga, although he was often described as a "Sudanese" and spoke Nubian.
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Ali Fadhul was forcibly recruited by the King's African Rifles in 1953; at the time he was thirteen.
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Ali Fadhul took part in the 1971 Ugandan coup d'etat that resulted in Obote's overthrow and initiated Idi Amin's presidency.
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Ali Fadhul consequently carried out several massacres of suspected dissident troops at the Simba barracks of Mbarara.
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Ali Fadhul was the head of the Simba Battalion from 1971 to 1974, although he was often absent from the unit.
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Ali Fadhul later stated that he felt like a foreigner in southern Uganda, knowing neither local customs nor speaking the languages of Ankole.
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Ali Fadhul promptly took off for the border in a Peugeot sedan.
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The rebels did not recognize him, allowing Fadhul to drive past them and get to the next telephone, and from there, he was able to inform Amin and the Simba Battalion of the rebel invasion.
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Ali Fadhul was later accused of having ordered the murder of Francis Xavier Tibayungwa, the former administrative secretary of Ankole, during this time.
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Ali Fadhul was promoted to full colonel in May 1973, and appointed head of the 2nd Infantry Brigade.
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Ali Fadhul sometimes displayed a complete lack of knowledge of the activities of lower-ranking officials in his territories.
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Ali Fadhul was arrested in his home in Bulumagi, Uganda, in September 1986 on charges that he had been involved in the murder of Tibayungwa.
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Ali Fadhul was tried by the High Court in Mbarara in February 1988.
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Ali Fadhul maintained his innocence during his trial, saying that all murders of civilians in Mbarara had been committed by his former colleague Yusuf Gowon.
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In 2001, Yusuf Gowon was imprisoned at Luzira, whereupon he and Ali Fadhul developed such an antipathy that prison authorities had to separate them until Gowon was released.
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In 2009, Ali Fadhul was pardoned by President Yoweri Museveni, and released.
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Ali Fadhul later relocated to the home of his eldest wife, Hajjati Segiya Nako, in Bulumagi.
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On 2 November 2021, Ali Fadhul died at the Nsambya Hospital at the age of 81 due to complications from diabetes.
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The former chairperson of Bulumagi, Mohammed Kasule Byansi, lamented Ali Fadhul's death, describing him as "great man in our society" who had supported locals by sponsoring education and helping individuals to enlist in the military.