{{Short description|Ugandan lawyer and military general}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} General '''David Sejusa''' (born 13 November 1954<ref>{{Cite web|title=General David Sejusa (Tinyefuza) {{!}} Profile {{!}} Africa Confidential|url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/profile/id/3473/David_Sejusa|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.africa-confidential.com|language=en}}</ref>), also known as '''David Tinyefuza''', is a Ugandan lawyer, retired military general and former MP. He was the coordinator of intelligence services and a senior presidential adviser to President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni. He served as army commander and also a member of High Command UPDF,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kazibwe |first=Kenneth |date=2022-09-01 |title=Inside Sejusa's 26 year quest to retire from the army |url=https://nilepost.co.ug/news/142109/inside-sejusas-26-year-quest-to-retire-from-the-army |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Nilepost News |language=en}}</ref>{{clarify|date=December 2013}} the UPDF defense council and a member of parliament representing the Uganda People's Defence Force. He had a falling-out with Museveni and formed the Freedom and Unity Front in exile in the United Kingdom following being charged for plotting a coup<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kigalipost.com/?Uganda-charges-four-in-alleged |title=Uganda charges four in alleged coup plot - Kigalipost.com |access-date=2014-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810145836/http://www.kigalipost.com/?Uganda-charges-four-in-alleged |archive-date=10 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> where he has been allegedly planning anti-government activities by the Museveni government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afroamerica.net/AfricaGL/2013/09/30/ugandan-general-david-sejusa-tinyefuza-prepares-rebellion-from-kigali-rwanda//index.html |title=AroniSmart - AroniSmart |website=Afroamerica.net |date= |access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref>
==Early and personal life== Tinyefuza attended Nyakasura School. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws Honours (LLB) and Master of Laws (LLM) from Makerere University. He also attended the Law Development Centre for the diploma in legal practice where he left after a clerkship for cadet training in Tanzania. He was also a student leader(head of students' guild) at Makerere University. He has obtained the senior command qualifications of PSC{{clarify|date=December 2013}} from the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College at Kimaka, Jinja, Uganda. He also holds a certificate in information technology from an institution{{which|date=December 2013}} in Canada. He also attended the police cadet course in Tanzania and senior command strategic course.<ref name="parliament.go.ug">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=37|title=Parliament of Uganda Website|website=Parliament.go.ug|access-date=2017-06-23}}</ref>
He is married to Juliet Tinyefuza.<ref name="parliament.go.ug"/>
===Name change=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=June 2023}} On 17 February 2012, David Tinyefuza officially changed his name to David Sejusa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-16 |title=David Sejusa: The daring general |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/david-sejusa-the-daring-general-1639584 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> He said that Sejusa is a family name that is also reflected on some of his academic documents but that he had abandoned it "around secondary school level" but that he would re-claim as "everybody back home" refers to him as such.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-21 |title=Gen. Sejusa explains origin of name |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/gen-sejusa-explains-origin-of-name-1537382 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> He added: "There is nothing in reverting to my original name. It is comrades like you who didn’t know it was my name but those elder comrades have always referred to me as such. And I suggest that from today you quote me as Gen. David Sejusa."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Independent |first=The |date=2013-02-08 |title=Tinyefuza |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/tinyefuza/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}}</ref>
The Sejusa name is a Luganda rendering that is loosely translated as "I have no regrets;" it also has the same meaning in the Ankole rendition of Tinyefuza, which he said was a reason to take a new identity.<ref name=":0" />
==Military career== Prior to 1981, David Tinyefuza was a policeman with the Uganda Police Force serving as Assistant Superintendent of Police. In 1981, he became a combatant in the Uganda Bush War between the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) of Milton Obote and the National Resistance Army (NRA) of Yoweri Museveni, from 1981 until 1986. For a period of 10 years following the victory of the NRA in 1986, he served as a member of the National Resistance Army Council (NRAC) and the National Executive Committee (NEC).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kazibwe |first=Kenneth |title=Inside Sejusa's 26 year quest to retire from the army |url=https://nilepost.co.ug/news/142109/inside-sejusas-26-year-quest-to-retire-from-the-army |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Nilepost News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Editorial |date=2022-05-17 |title=Officers should not feel enslaved to serve the forces |url=https://observer.ug/viewpoint/officers-should-not-feel-enslaved-to-serve-the-forces/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=The Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> Between 1989 and 1992, he served as Minister of State for Defense. In 1993, he was appointed Presidential Adviser on Peace and Security, serving in that capacity until 1997. He was appointed Senior Presidential Adviser and Coordinator of Intelligence in 2005, a position he held until 2013.<ref name="parliament.go.ug"/><ref>[http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/462477/Tinyefuza] {{dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref>
On 31 August 2022, Sejusa and 34 other generals were retired from the UPDF.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=Author |date=2022-09-06 |title=Our Take: Why Gen. David Sejusa and fellow Retired UPDF Officers Might Not but Transit into a Huge Political Force |url=https://theinvestigatornews.com/2022/09/our-take-why-gen-david-sejusa-and-fellow-retired-updf-officers-might-not-but-transit-into-a-huge-political-force/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=The Investigator News |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Politics== The party was founded in November 2013<ref name="voanews1">{{cite web|author=James Butty |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/sejusa-says-museveni-subverting-east-african-community/1793733.html |title=Ugandan President Accused of Subverting East African Community |publisher=Voice of America |date= 20 November 2013|access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> with an official announcement later made in London, United Kingdom, where former General David Sejusa was in exile. Sejusa said of President Yoweri Museveni: "He's had enough time. He can leave and go, and we start a new process of national healing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-21 |title=I'm ready to uproot Museveni, says Gen Sejusa as he returns to city |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/i-m-ready-to-uproot-museveni-says-gen-sejusa-as-he-returns-to-city-1595186 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> And we are organising ourselves, we are establishing a constitutional rule which he destroyed."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-19 |title=Museveni is too old to continue as president- Gen Sejusa |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/museveni-is-too-old-to-continue-as-president-gen-sejusa-1615600 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> Sejusa denied seeking the presidency and said that it was "a waste of time" to run against Museveni within the structures of the current system.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-22 |title=Gen Sejusa lays out plan against Museveni's government |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/gen-sejusa-lays-out-plan-against-museveni-s-government-1550502 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> Two months earlier, Museveni challenged Sejusa to try to overthrow him, but added that whoever uses violence would be stopped. "If Sejusa wants to use force, let him come." In turn, Sejusa responded to questions of whether he would use force to bring change and said: "It's not so much that we want to do so. But if he continues to unleash terror on the population ours will be self defence."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-18 |title=Sejusa turns down Museveni's invite for talks |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/sejusa-turns-down-museveni-s-invite-for-talks-1595794 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref>
Following a rift with the establishment in May 2013 about Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, over allegation of nepotism and that he would eventually simply replace his father as president, a motion Kainerugaba denied, he founded the Freedom and Unity Front.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/12/dissident-ugandan-general-launches-new-party-20131214173437430904.html |title=Dissident Ugandan general launches new party |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date= |access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-22 |title=Sejusa launches political party, cautions Museveni |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/sejusa-launches-political-party-cautions-museveni-1561170 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> Sejusa had earlier called on Ugandans to "build alternative capacity" and remove Museveni. He added, the week following his departure as an MP representing the military, that "no one should imagine that Museveni will be removed through elections."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article48897 |title=Renegade Ugandan general declares war on Museveni |publisher=Sudan Tribune |date= |access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sejusa, David}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Ugandan generals Category:Members of the Parliament of Uganda Category:Makerere University alumni Category:Uganda Senior Command and Staff College alumni Category:Government ministers of Uganda