Elly Kayanja

Brigadier Elly Kayanja
Born	1959 (age 57–58) Rakai District, Uganda
Residence	Kampala, Uganda
Nationality	Ugandan
Citizenship	Uganda
Alma mater	Uganda Senior Command and Staff College (Senior Command and Staff Course)
Occupation	Military Officer
Years active	1982 - present
Known for	Military Matters
Home town	Rakai

Brigadier Elly Kayanja, is a Ugandan military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). Effective September 2014, he is the Head of Operation Wealth Creation Programme, whose objective is to improve the standard of living of rural citizens, through farming. Previously, he served as the Deputy Director of National Intelligence, under General David Sejusa. Prior to that, he served as the Director General of the Internal Security Organisation.

He was born in Rakai District, in Uganda's Central Uganda, circa 1959.

Brigadier Kayanja was a member of the first class of senior military officers to attend the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College in Kimaka, Jinja, Eastern Uganda, under its first Commandant, Lieutenant General Ivan Koreta, in 2004. That pioneer class included some of Uganda's current and past leading military commanders including: (a) General Salim Saleh (b) General Elly Tumwine (c) General David Sejusa (d) Brigadier Nobel Mayombo (RIP) (e) Brigadier Julius Oketta (RIP) and (f) Brigadier Peter Kerim.

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 Brigadier 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.

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