The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who is the ninth and incumbent President of Uganda. Yoweri Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then current military general Tito Okello that toppled Ugandan presidents Milton Obote and Idi Amin before he captured power in 1986.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, Museveni was celebrated by the West as part of a new generation of African leaders. Museveni's presidency has been marred by involvement in the Congo wars, the Rwandan Civil War and other Great Lakes region conflicts; The rebellion in Northern Uganda by the Lord's Resistance Army, which caused a humanitarian emergency, and constitutional amendments, scrapping presidential term limits in 2005 and the presidential age limit in 2017.
Museveni's rule has been described by scholars as competitive authoritarianism or illiberal democracy. Press has been under the authority of government. None of the Ugandan elections of the last 30 years (since 1986) have been found to be free and transparent. On 16 January 2021 the Electoral Commission found that Museveni appointed himself, announcing himself as the winner having won 58.6% of the vote, despite many videos and reports that show ballot box stuffing, over 400 polling stations with 100% voter turnout, and human rights violations.
Tito Lutwa Okello (1914 – 3 June 1996) was a Ugandan military officer and politician. He was the eighth president of Uganda from 29 July 1985 until 26 January 1986.