Andrew Lutaakome Kayiira was the leader of the Uganda Freedom Movement, a guerrilla organization that fought the governments of Milton Obote and Tito Okello between 1980 and 1986.
10 Facts About Andrew Kayiira
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Andrew Kayiira was murdered by unknown gunmen on 9 March 1987.
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Andrew Kayiira attended Namilyango College and was admitted to the Faculty of Mathematics at Makerere University but instead he chose to work for the government Civil Service in the Prisons Department where he rose to assistant superintendent.
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Andrew Kayiira later won a scholarship to the United Kingdom where he obtained a diploma in Criminal Justice.
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Andrew Kayiira then moved to the United States to attend the University of Southern Illinois, where he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice and a Master of Arts and a PhD in criminal justice from the University at Albany School of Criminal Justice.
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Andrew Kayiira completed his studies in the UK with a diploma in Criminal Justice.
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Andrew Kayiira was awarded a scholarship by the United States Government to attend the University of Southern Illinois, where in 1971 he achieved his Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice.
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Andrew Kayiira gained an assistant professorship of criminal justice at the University of New Haven in Connecticut.
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Andrew Kayiira founded the UF, which he enunciated by means of a newsletter called "SASA UFU".
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At the general meeting held in New York, Andrew Kayiira was unanimously elected chairman of UFU.