Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...

Elly Kayanja (born 1959), is a Ugandan military officer in the

Uganda People's Defence Forces The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–4 ...

(UPDF). Effective September 2014, he is the Head of ''Operation Wealth Creation Programme'', whose objective is to improve the standard of living of rural citizens, through farming. Previously, he served as the Deputy Director of National Intelligence, under

General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

David Sejusa General David Sejusa (born 13 November 1954) (aka David Tinyefuza) is a Ugandan lawyer, military officer and politician. He was the coordinator of intelligence services and a senior presidential adviser to President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni. He ...

. Prior to that, he served as the Director General of the

Internal Security Organisation Internal Security Organisation (ISO) is the Uganda government's counter intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to Uganda's policy makers. It also engages in covert activities at the request of the President o ...

Background

He was born in Rakai District, in Uganda's Central Uganda, circa 1959.

Military education

Elly Kayanja was a member of the first class of senior military officers to attend the

Uganda Senior Command and Staff College The Uganda Senior Command and Staff College (USCSC) is a training facility for senior commanders in the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF), including the army, air force, and special forces. Location The facility is located in Kimaka, a subu ...

Kimaka Kimaka is a neighborhood in the city of Jinja, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location Kimaka is bordered by to the west by the Nile River, (from Nalubaale Power Station to Bujagali Power Station), to the south by the Kampala-Jinja Highway ...

, Jinja,

Eastern Uganda The Eastern region is one of four regions in the country of Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was . Districts , the Eastern Region contained 32 districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in s ...

, under its first Commandant General Ivan Koreta in 2004. That pioneer class included some of Uganda's current and past leading military commanders including: (a) General

Salim Saleh Salim Saleh (born Caleb Akandwanaho, 14 January 1960) is a retired Ugandan military officer who served in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), the armed forces of Uganda. He is a brother to the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, and an a ...

(b) General Elly Tumwine (c) General

(d) Brigadier

Nobel Mayombo Brigadier Nobel Mayombo, sometimes spelled Noble Mayombo, (1965–2007), was a Ugandan military officer, lawyer and legislator. Background He was born in Kabarole District, Toro sub-region, Western Uganda, in 1965. He belonged to the Babi ...

(RIP) (e) Major General

Julius Oketta Major General Julius Facki Oketta (3 October 1956 – 5 November 2016) was a military officer in Uganda. He was a senior commander in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). Before his death, he was the Director of National Emergency Coordinat ...

(RIP) and (f) Brigadier

Peter Kerim Brigadier Peter Kerim (1955–2012) was a military officer in Uganda. He was a senior commander in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). At the time of his death, he was the Deputy Commander of the National Reserve Force within the UPDF. Pr ...

(RIP).

Work history

Elly Kayanja joined the NRA War in 1980 as a foot soldier. He has gradually risen through the ranks and, at one time, served as the Commander of the Tiger Battalion of the UPDF, based at

Mubende Mubende is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mubende District and is the location of the district headquarters. Location Mubende is approximately , by road, west of Kampal ...

. He then served as the Deputy Director of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), under the leadership of Lieutenant General Henry Tumukunde. Kayanja replaced Tumukunde as Director of ISO in 2001. While at ISO, he is credited with the successful supervision of ''Operation Wembly'', a UPDF response to rampant crime and armed gang activity in Kampala and other Ugandan urban areas, in the early 2000s. Later, he served as the Deputy Coordinator of National Intelligence, under General David Sejusa. In September 2014, he was appointed as the Head of ''Operation Wealth Creation'' in the UPDF, an operation aimed at improving the lives and economic status of the rural poor through agriculture. In that role, he will become the Head of the '
National Agricultural Advisory Services
'' (NAADS), a national program that has hitherto performed abysmally, despite adequate funding, prompting take-over by the Army. In February 2019, over 2,000 UPDF men and women were promoted on one day. On that day Elly Kayanja was promoted from the rank of

Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. I ...

to that of Major General.

References

External links

Army Speaks Out On Brigadier Kayanja “Poisoning”

Partial List of Senior UPDF Commanders

100 UPDF Officers Undeployed

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Background

Military education

Work history

See also

References

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