Andrew Mukooza was Idi Amin's personal pilot during the latter's rule of Uganda.
13 Facts About Andrew Mukooza
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Andrew Mukooza possibly helped Amin to defeat a coup attempt in 1977, drawing the ire of Uganda's opposition.
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Andrew Joet Mukooza was born to Yoramu Mukooza and his wife Erina in Mbulamuti, Busoga, Uganda Protectorate on 21 July 1944.
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Andrew Mukooza's father was murdered soon after Andrew's birth, resulting in his mother remarrying her brother-in-law Gershom Mukooza per Busoga customs.
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Andrew Mukooza went on to study at the Kiira College Butiki and Teso College Aloet.
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Andrew Mukooza survived the subsequent political purges, and was selected as one of the pilots of Amin's new Grumman Gulfstream II private jet.
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Andrew Mukooza received further training at the local airport by Grumman captain Tom Friedrich, while Miriam started to work at the Entebbe Grade A hospital.
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The SRB later informed Amin that Andrew Mukooza had stayed loyal during the coup attempt.
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Gore's fate is unclear; he either fled to Sudan or was killed in an ambush, leaving Andrew Mukooza as acting commander of the Uganda Army Air Force.
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Andrew Mukooza travelled to the capital using a friend's motorcycle to avoid being arrested at military checkpoints.
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Andrew Mukooza was probably buried in a mass grave at Bukasa near Kirinya, Jinja District on 2 May 1979.
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Andrew Mukooza's house was deserted except for a stray dog and had been looted and vandalised.
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Andrew Mukooza had two younger half-sisters, Gertrude and Kalivvamu, and four children, namely Andrew, Becky, Thomas, and Peter.