General Bazilio Olara Okello (1929 - 1990) was a Ugandan soldier, and one of the leaders of the military movement that overthrew Idi Amin in 1979. He also led the coup in which Milton Obote was overthrown in July 1985, serving as head of state for two days.
General BazilioOlaraOkello (1929 Uganda – January 9, 1990, Khartoum, Sudan) was a Ugandan soldier, and one of the leaders of the military coalition that overthrew Idi Amin in 1979.
In 1985, together with Tito Okello, he staged the coup that ousted president Milton Obote.
He served as head of state for two days and was replaced by Tito Okello.
It has been estimated that 100,000 to 300,000 people died as a result of fighting between Obote's UNLA and the Guerillas.
Obote was deposed again, on 27 July 1985, by his own army commanders Brigadier BazilioOkello and General Tito Okello in a military coup.
Okello and Okello briefly ruled the country through a Military Council, but after a few months of near anarchy, Museveni's National Resistance Army (NRA) took control of Uganda.
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