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General Aronda Nyakairima was born on 7th July 1959 in Rukungiri district. E was a respected army officer who served in the cabinet as Minister of Internal Affairs since 2013. Previously he was Chief of Defense Forces, the highest military rank in the Uganda People’s Defense Force, from 2003 to 2013.
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. He later attended a course in Strategic Studies at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, USA. He also had further military qualifications from the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo. 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 was later appointed Assistant Director in the Directorate of Military Intelligence in the Uganda People’s Defense 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 Armored Brigade before his appointment as Commander of the UPDF in 2003. He had 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.
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