Abdulatif Tiyua | |
|---|---|
| Born | Maracha District, Uganda |
| Allegiance |  Uganda |
| Service | Uganda Army Uganda People's Democratic Army Former Uganda National Army West Nile Bank Front |
| Years of service | 1961–1979, 1986–1997 |
| Rank | Brigadier[a] |
| Commands | Gondo Battalion Eastern Brigade West Nile Bank Front |
| Battles / wars | |
| Children | Several, including Leni Shida and Animu Angupale |
| Other work | Chairman of a veterans association |
Abdulatif Tiyua[b] is a retired Ugandan military officer and former rebel leader. He served as a Uganda Army (UA) commander during the dictatorship of Idi Amin. When Amin was overthrown in 1979 during the Uganda–Tanzania War, Tiyua was imprisoned by the new Ugandan government. He was freed in 1985, when Tito Okello overthrew Ugandan President Milton Obote. When Okello was defeated by Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army, Tiyua joined an insurgency in northern Uganda, and eventually rose to deputy commander of the West Nile Bank Front rebel group. Following years of warfare, Tiyua was captured by rebels allied to the Ugandan government in southern Sudan in 1997, and was again incarcerated. After being released in 2000, he became chairman of a veterans association and has lobbied for his former rebel comrades to end their insurgency.
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