{{Short description|Ugandan Senior Commander (1956–2016)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Julius Oketta | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1956|10|3}} | birth_place = Amuru District, Uganda | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|df=yes|2016|11|5|1956|10|3}}}} | death_place = Kadic Hospital, Naguru<br>Kampala, Uganda | alma_mater = '''Cambridge International College'''<br/>{{small|(Diploma in Economics & Commerce)}}<br/> '''Ndejje University'''<br/>{{small|(Bachelor of Business Administration)}}<br/>'''Cambridge Management Institute'''<br/>{{small|(Master of Business Administration)}}<br/>'''Uganda Senior Command and Staff College'''<br/>{{small|(Senior Command and Staff Course)}} | occupation = Military officer | years_active = 1979–2016 | citizenship = Uganda | known_for = Military matters, management | networth = | title = }} Major General '''Julius Facki Oketta''' (3 October 1956 – 5 November 2016) was a military officer in Uganda. He was a senior commander in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). Before his death, he was the Director of National Emergency Coordination and Operations in the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47283|title=Kibaale Flood Victims Complain As Government Relief Aid Delays|first=Fredrick|date=10 November 2012|accessdate=3 September 2014| last=Kivabulaya| publisher=Uganda Radio Network |location=Kampala}}</ref> In October 2013, the President of Uganda nominated and the Secretary General of the United Nations endorsed General Oketta to join the advisory group of the United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/647872-maj-gen-oketta-for-un-advisory-job.html|title=Major General Oketta for UN Advisory Job| date=2 October 2013|newspaper=New Vision| first=Henry|last=Sekanjako |accessdate=3 September 2014| location=Kampala}}</ref> In 2004, at the rank of Brigadier, he was a member of the pioneer class to attend the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College, at Kimaka, Jinja, Eastern Uganda, under its first Commandant, Lieutenant General Ivan Koreta. Oketta died in the early hours on 5 November 2016.<ref name="Last">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Maj-Gen-Julius-Oketta-dies-at-60/688334-3441604-f2hc1gz/index.html | title=Maj Gen Julius Oketta dies at 60 | accessdate=5 November 2016 | date=5 November 2016 |last=Kafeero|newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | first=Stephen}}</ref>
==Work history== He joined the army in 1979 immediately after the overthrow of President Idi Amin. He was a UNLA officer before joining the NRA in 1985. From 1989 until 1993, he was the division commander of the 6th Division of the National Resistance Army (NRA). From 2001 until 2003, he was the chief of logistics and engineering in the UPDF. In 2003, he was the Uganda liaison officer, in the Republic of Sudan. Following that, he was the head of the Procurement and Disposal Unit at the Uganda Ministry of Defence during 2004. From 2007 until his death in 2016, he was the director of the National Emergency Co-ordination and Operations Center, in the Office of the Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=459.000000&const=Updf+Represantive&dist_id=73.000000&distname=Updf|title= Oketta Julius Facki, UPDF Representative|date=2011|accessdate=3 September 2014|publisher=Parliament of Uganda (Kampala)}}</ref> In 2013 he joined the UN CERF-Advisory Group. He was appointed to CERF's advisory committee. Members of the advisory group represent themselves and not their country. Other group members included Susan Eckey of Norway, Susanna Moorehead from the UK, Yukie Osa from Japan and Croatian Nancy Butijer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Secretary-General appoints new CERF Advisory Group Members - World {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/un-secretary-general-appoints-new-cerf-advisory-group-members |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref>
==Other responsibilities== He was also a Member of Parliament, representing the UPDF in the 9th parliament (2011 to 2016).<ref name="Last"/> In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises. In September 2014, Major General Oketta was nominated to join the African Union-led humanitarian mission to address the threat of the Ebola virus to the continent. The mission, code-named Africa Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA), is based in Ethiopia. Oketta was awarded a medal of honor by the President of Liberia for his efforts in the fight against Ebola.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/Gen-Oketta-for-AU-anti-Ebola-operation/-/691252/2439630/-/format/xhtml/-/ct937lz/-/index.html| title=General Oketta for African Union Anti-Ebola Operation|first=Solomon|last=Arinaitwe|date=3 September 2014|work=Daily Monitor Mobile|accessdate=3 September 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://kfm.co.ug/health/uganda-sends-ebola-expert-to-west-africa.html Uganda Sends Ebola Expert To West Africa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105060045/https://www.kfm.co.ug/health/uganda-sends-ebola-expert-to-west-africa.html |date=5 November 2023 }}
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