 Oyite Ojok became a member, along with Yoweri Museveni, Paulo Muwanga and Tito Okello, of the Military Commission, a powerful sub-committee of the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) which ruled the country after Idi Amin's overthrow.Like most people in power after the fall of Amin, Oyite-Ojok illegaly amassed a great amount of wealth.One of his most successful business ventures was coffee export, and he became chairmain of the Coffee Making Board.