1. Tito Lutwa Okello was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the eighth president of Uganda from 29 July 1985 until 26 January 1986.
13 Facts About Tito Okello
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Tito Okello was born into an ethnic Acholi family in circa 1914 in Namukora, Kitgum District.
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Tito Okello joined the King's African Rifles in 1940 and served in the East African Campaign of World War II.
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Tito Okello was one of the leaders of an insurgent group which targeted Masaka.
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Tito Okello was one of the commanders in the coalition between the Tanzania People's Defence Force and the Uganda National Liberation Army that removed Amin from power in 1979.
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Tito Okello was selected to be the Commander of the UNLA from 1980 to 1985.
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Tito Okello ruled as president for six months until he had to transfer power to the National Resistance Army operating under the leadership of the current president, Yoweri Museveni.
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Tito Okello went into exile in Kenya after his tenure was forcefully terminated by Museveni.
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Tito Okello remained in exile until 1993, when he was granted amnesty by President Museveni and returned to Kampala.
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Tito Okello died three years later, of an undisclosed illness, on 3 June 1996.
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Tito Okello was almost 82 years old at the time of his death.
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Tito Okello was buried at his ancestral home in Kitgum District.
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In January 2010, Tito Okello was posthumously awarded the Kagera National Medal of Honour for fighting against the Idi Amin dictatorship in the 1970s.