Tito Okello

…army under the generalship of Tito Okello, an Acholi. This army aided Tanzanian forces in deposing Amin in 1979, and Okello was able to secure Obote’s election to the presidency after Obote’s return from exile in May 1980. As president, Obote solicited foreign aid in an attempt to raise Uganda’s…

…headed by an Acholi, General Tito Okello, consisting primarily of Acholi and other northern peoples.