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James Kazini was born on 1957 in Kasese District, British Uganda, is a Ugandan general. Discover James Kazini's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

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Occupation Military officer
Age 52 years old
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Born 1957
Birthday 1957
Birthplace Kasese District, British Uganda
Date of death 10 November, 2009
Died Place Namuwongo, Makindye Division, Kampala, Uganda
Nationality Uganda

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1957

Major General James Kazini (1957–2009) was a Ugandan army officer who served as commander of the Uganda People's Defense Force from 2001 to 2003.

He was born in 1957 in the Basongora ethnic group, in Kasese District, in Western Region of Uganda.

He did not attain much formal education.

1984

Prior to 1984, Kazini was a member of the Uganda National Rescue Front, a rebel group then headed by General Moses Ali, which was based in West Nile, in northwestern Uganda.

Around 1984 he left that group and joined the National Resistance Army, headed by Yoweri Museveni, as an enlisted soldier.

He went on to become one of Salim Saleh's body guards.

1987

He became a commissioned officer at the rank of Captain in 1987, Major in 1989 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1991.

2003

In December 2003, President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander in Chief of the UPDF, committed Kazini and a dozen senior officers to the General Court Martial on various charges, especially creation and maintenance of "ghost" soldiers on the army payroll.

Others included Brigadier Nakibus Lakara (former chief of staff), Brigadier Henry Tumukunde (former director general of the Internal Security Organization) and Brigadier Andrew Gutti, who was later pardoned and promoted.

2008

On 27 March 2008, when the General Court Martial under Lieutenant General Ivan Koreta sentenced him to three years in jail for causing financial loss of Shs60 million (approximately US$30,000), Kazini wept.

Kazini and others, still on trial, allegedly maintained 24,000 fictitious names on the army payroll which resulted in loss of Shs600 billion (approximately US$300 million) over 13 years.

He later challenged the sentence in the Constitutional Court, arguing that the Court Martial had no jurisdiction to hear the case, but he lost the appeal.

He lodged an appeal in the Supreme Court and the case was due for hearing.

One of the attributes that served him well on his rise to the top in the UPDF was his reputation as a fearless soldier, often personally leading his soldiers into battle on the front-lines, as he did during Operation Kitona in the Second Congo War.

The other attribute was his total commitment to the commander in chief and the UPDF.

Museveni is reported to have repeatedly ignored complaints about Kazini's limited formal education.

Over the years, he repeatedly promoted him and gave him increasing security and defence responsibilities.

2009

On the morning of 10 November 2009, sometime around 6AM local time, Major General James Kazini died at the home of his girlfriend, in the Kampala suburb of Namuwongo, after being struck on the head with a metal bar during a domestic brawl.

At the time of his death James Kazini was 52 years old.

His alleged killer, 28-year-old Lydia Draru, who also goes by several different aliases, was arrested, presented before a magistrate and remanded to jail, pending trial for capital murder.

Kazini left behind five children, four daughters and one son, with two different women.

His alleged killer did not have a child with him.

Lydia Draru was tried and convicted of murder.

2011

In 2011, she was sentenced to fourteen years in prison.

She served her sentence at Luzira Maximum Security Prison.

She was released from prison on 12 January 2021.

Two years were subtracted from her sentence on account of her good conduct while in prison.

The two years she spent in jail, while on trial was counted as part of her sentence.