James Kazini

James Kazini

Maj. Gen. (ret.) James Kazini is the former chief of land forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force, and is a nephew of the current president Yoweri Museveni. He personally led the UPDF in Operation Iron Fist against the Lord's Resistance Army from 2002-2003. He was suspended by President Museveni and stated that he was being sent to a war college, but it was widely suspected that he was suspended after allegations by the United Nations and the Rwandan government that Kazini was plundering resources from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Ituri conflict. He was replaced by Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala as commander of the UPDF in the Congo.

He had precipitated the Ituri conflict when he had ignored the protests of the RCD-K and appointed a Hema as governor of the re-created Kibali-Ituri province.

ee also

* Salim Saleh
* Aronda Nyakairima

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2974496.stm BBC Profile]


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