What is Yoweri Hunter Wacha-Olwol?
{{multiple issues| {{NPOV|date=February 2024}} {{cleanup|reason=|date=February 2024}} {{complex|date=February 2024}} {{restructure|date=February 2024}} }} Mzee Yoweri Hunter Wacha-Olwol (1923-2017), was a prominent figure in Uganda’s history, from the years of the country's pursuance for independence from Britain to the subsequent post-colonial times. From a devoted Educator in various schools and Civil Servant in several government institutions and Boards, and later, as one of the country’s representatives who went to the United Kingdom in 1961 to negotiate for Uganda’s Independence from Great Britain. Wacha-Olwol was later nominated as a member of the three-man Presidential Commission that governed the affairs of the State of Uganda from May 22<sup>nd</sup> to December 15<sup>th</sup> 1980. This was after the [https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/people-power/key-numbers-that-changed-uganda-1735386 Military Commission] headed by [[:en:Paulo_Muwanga|Paulo Muwanga]] and deputized by [https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1284905/removed-binaisa-reveals-museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni] overthrew the government of President [https://blog.mulerasfireplace.com/engage/-i-wanted-to-appoint-museveni-vp-godfrey-binaisa-22854 Godfey Lukongwa Binaisa] in May 1980. Wacha-Olwol also served as the Clan Leader of Okii Me Okabo Fraternity continuously from 1990 until his demise in 2017. Wacha-Olwol was duly accorded a [https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/three-gun-salute-as-mzee-wacha-olwol-is-buried State Funeral] by [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yoweri--Museveni H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni] the President of [https://clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov/Africa/uganda.html Uganda] in honour of his prominence and contributions as a Member of the [https://www.parliament.go.ug/news/5055/mps-want-former-leaders-paid Presidential Commission] that governed Uganda from May to December 1980. The era during which Mzee Wacha-Olwol and his two colleagues; [https://nilepost.co.ug/featured/101250/museveni-directs-families