Yorokamu Tizihwayo

Yorokamu Tizihwayo
BornAnkole, southern Uganda
Died1979
Kasese, Uganda
Allegiance Uganda
Service/branchUganda Army
Years of service? – 1979
RankBrigadier[1]
Commands2nd Paratrooper Battalion
Western Brigade
Battles/wars
Spouse(s)Zeuria Tizihwayo[2]
ChildrenDan Mujinya Tizihwayo[2]

Yorokamu Tizihwayo, also known as Y. Tiziriwayho[3] and Yerukamu,[4] was a Ugandan military officer. He served as a high-ranking commander during Idi Amin's rule as Ugandan President, first as the head of the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion and later for the Western Brigade. In the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979), Tizihwayo led the Uganda Army troops which opposed the Tanzania People's Defence Force's advance into western Uganda. Despite being regarded as a talented soldier and considered one of the Tanzanians' more dangerous opponents during the war, he was eventually arrested and executed on alleged treason charges by Amin's State Research Bureau.

  1. ^ "Amin's final public appearances". Daily Monitor. 9 January 2021 [1st pub. 23 April 2016]. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Tizihwayo 2010, p. V.
  3. ^ Smith 1980, p. 131.
  4. ^ "Uganda: Military Appointments". BBC. Vol. Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa. No. 4490. January 1974. p. 5.

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