Salim Saleh
| Salim Saleh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 January 1960 Uganda |
| Residence | Kampala, Uganda |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Education |
Senior Command and Staff College Course Uganda Senior Command and Staff College Kimaka, Jinja, Uganda |
| Occupation | Military officer |
| Years active | 1976 – present |
| Home town | Mbarara |
General Salim Saleh (born Caleb Akandwanaho, 14 January 1960) is a high-ranking military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force, the armed forces of Uganda. He is a brother of the current President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, and an adviser to the President on military matters. He served as Minister of State for Microfinance from 2006 to 2008. Salim Saleh has featured in controversies regarding corruption, including being implicated by the UN Security Council for plundering natural resources in Congo (DRC).
In 1976, aged 16, he left Kako Secondary School in Masaka to join the Front for National Salvation (FRONASA), a Tanzania-based rebel group formed and led by his brother Yoweri Museveni to fight against the regime of Idi Amin. Together with his friend Fred Rwigyema and his brother Museveni, he trained in Mozambique with Samora Machel's FRELIMO rebels. It was there that he adopted Salim Saleh as his nom de guerre. In 1978, FRONASA merged with other anti-Amin groups in Tanzania and formed the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), who together with Tanzanian armed forces captured Kampala in April 1979 – sending Idi Amin into exile. Saleh was later made a platoon commander of a UNLA unit in Moroto District. Following the bitterly contested December 1980 elections, Museveni declared an armed rebellion against the UNLA and the government of Milton Obote.
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