10 Facts About Jeje Odongo

General Haji Abubaker Jeje Odongo is a Ugandan senior military officer and politician.

Jeje Odongo has previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda from 2016 to 2022.

Jeje Odongo was born in Amuria District, in the Teso sub-region, in Eastern Uganda.

Jeje Odongo is one of the original twenty seven combatants who, together with Yoweri Museveni, attacked Kabamba Military Barracks in February 1981 to start the Ugandan Bush War, a guerrilla war that lasted from February 1981 until April 1986.

Jeje Odongo was captured soon after the first NRA operation and was imprisoned in Luzira Maximum Security Prison.

In 1994, Jeje Odongo was one of the ten army officers who represented the Ugandan military in the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution.

Jeje Odongo won and was appointed as Minister of Defence soon after he entered parliament.

Jeje Odongo served as army commander until 2001, when he was replaced by Major General James Kazini.

In 2004, now at the rank of Lieutenant General, Jeje Odongo was appointed as Minister of State for the Environment.

In May 2008, Jeje Odongo graduated with the degree of Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy from Nkumba University.