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Memorial lecture for General Nyakairima
What you need to know:
General Aronda Nyakairima was married. He did not drink or smoke. He was fluent in multiple languages including Luganda , English , Luo , Runyakitara.
A lecture in memory of the late Gen Aronda Nyakairima, who at the time of his death a year ago was the Internal Affairs minister,will be held at Makerere University Main Hall at 2pm today.
President Museveni and the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, are expected to grace the event.
On 12 September 2015, while travelling on official duties from South Korea to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Gen Aronda Nyakairima suffered what pathologists established as a heart attack. The former minister of Internal Affairs was later confirmed dead. He was 56 years old.
Early life and education
Nyakairima was born in Rukungiri District. He attended Kitgum High School in Kitgum District. He joined
Makerere University in 1978, graduating in 1981, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He attended the Basic Officers Course in 1989, after the NRA had captured power in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. He later attended a course in Strategic Studies at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, USA. He also has further military qualifications from the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo.
Military career
He joined the National Resistance Army in 1982, soon after leaving Makerere. After the NRA captured power, he worked as an intelligence officer in the Ugandan military. He later was appointed Assistant Director in the Directorate of Military Intelligence in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). He was then transferred to the Presidential Protection Unit as an Intelligence Officer. From there, he served as the Commanding Officer of the Armoured Brigade before his appointment as Commander of the UPDF in 2003. He has represented the UPDF in the Ugandan Parliament since 1996.
In October 2010, General Nyakairima was inducted into the International Hall of Fame at the Lewis and Clark Centre at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States of America, for attaining the highest position in the military of his country.
Nyakairima, a 1993 graduate of Fort Leavenworth, was inducted together with General Eui Don Wang of South Korea, a 1986 graduate of the command college, and Major General Richard Rhys Jones of New Zealand, a 1992 graduate. Nyakairmina was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Internal Affairs on 23 May 2013.
General Katumba Wamala was appointed to replace him as Chief of Defence Forces on the same day.
Personal details
General Aronda Nyakairima was married. He did not drink or smoke. He was fluent in multiple languages including Luganda , English , Luo , Runyakitara.
