Akena p'Ojok

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Who is Akena p'Ojok?

Akena p'Ojok is a former influential Ugandan politician who held various government positions in the 1980s, including Minister of Power, Posts and Telecommunications. He was a prominent figure of Uganda National Liberation Front/Army that helped remove Idi Amin and was involved in the power struggles that followed.

P'Ojok, an ethnic Acholi, was born in Pupwonya, a rural community near Atiak trading centre in Kilak County, Amuru District.

During the rule of Idi Amin, p'Ojok fled to Kenya, settling in Nairobi, where he became the chief engineer of the Kenyan Electricity Utility company. Together with Yonna Kanyomozi, Ephraim Kamuntu, Richard Kaijuka and other prominent Ugandans living in exile, p'Ojok founded the Save Uganda Movement, one of the anti-Idi Amin organizations that subsequently united under the banner of Uganda National Liberation Front with groups having a reciprocal aim who, together with Tanzanian armed forces, removed Idi Amin in 1979.

During the Uganda-Tanzania War, p'Ojok was a leading figure in the military coalition between Uganda National Liberation Army and Tanzania People's Defence Force, which resulted in Amin's overthrow. He later became the Vice President of UNLF, which de facto ruled Uganda immediately after Idi Amin. Akena p'Ojok was chosen to become the President of Uganda after Yusuf Lule however, following The Moshi Conference, Godfrey Binaisa was instead appointed as President.

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on July 23, 2013

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