Elly Kayanja

Elly Kayanja joined the NRA War in 1980 as a foot soldier. He has gradually risen through the ranks and, at one time, served as the Commander of the Tiger Battalion of the UPDF, based at Mubende. He then served as the Deputy Director of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), under the leadership of Lieutenant General Henry Tumukunde. Kayanja replaced Tumukunde as Director of ISO in 2001. While at ISO, he is credited with the successful supervision of Operation Wembly, a UPDF response to rampant crime and armed gang activity in Kampala and other Ugandan urban areas, in the early 2000s.^[5]

Later, he served as the Deputy Coordinator of National Intelligence, under General David Sejusa. In September 2014, he was appointed as the Head of Operation Wealth Creation in the UPDF, an operation aimed at improving the lives and economic status of the rural poor through agriculture. In that role, he will become the Head of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), a national program that has hitherto performed abysmally, despite adequate funding, prompting take-over by the Army.^[6]

In February 2019, over 2,000 UPDF men and women were promoted on one day. On that day Elly Kayanja was promoted from the rank of Brigadier to that of Major General.^[7]

• Army Speaks Out On Brigadier Kayanja “Poisoning” Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Partial List of Senior UPDF Commanders
• 100 UPDF Officers Undeployed Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Brigadier Kayanja Loses Land Dispute Case