Akena p ' Ojok Akena p ' Ojok is a former influential Uganda n politician who held various government positions in the 1980s , including Minister of Power , Posts and Telecommunications . He was a prominent figure of Uganda National Liberation Front / Army that helped remove Idi Amin and was involved in the power struggles that followed . P ' Ojok , an ethnic Acholi , was born in Pupwonya , a rural community near Atiak trading centre in Kilak County , Amuru District . During the rule of Idi Amin , p ' Ojok fled to Kenya , settling in Nairobi , where he became the chief engineer of the Kenyan Electricity Utility company . Together with Yonna Kanyomozi , Ephraim Kamuntu , Richard Kaijuka and other prominent Ugandans living in exile , p ' Ojok founded the Save Uganda Movement ( SUM ) , one of the anti - Idi Amin organizations that subsequently united under the banner of Uganda National Liberation Front ( UNLF ) with groups having a reciprocal aim who , together with Tanzanian armed forces , removed Idi Amin in 1979 . During the Uganda - Tanzania War , p ' Ojok was a leading figure in the military coalition between Uganda National Liberation Army ( UNLA , the military faction of UNLF ) and Tanzania People ' s Defence Force , which resulted in Amin ' s overthrow . He later became the Vice President of UNLF , which " de facto " ruled Uganda immediately after Idi Amin . Akena p ' Ojok was chosen to become the President of Uganda after Yusuf Lule ( who was President after Idi Amin ) however , following The Moshi Conference , Godfrey Binaisa was instead appointed as President . When political parties were being formed in preparation for the 1980 General Elections , p ' Ojok vied for leadership of Uganda Patriotic Movement ( UPM ) , but Yoweri Museveni was instead chosen for the post . Akena p ' Ojok then joined Uganda People ' s Congress ( UPC ) , and became Member of Parliament for Gulu West Constituency , having beaten his main competitor , Anthony Ocaya of the Democratic Party . Uganda People ' s Congress won the elections ( which were largely believed to have been rigged ) . Akena p ' Ojok became the Minister of Power Posts and Telecommunications , and later held various positions as Cabinet Minister in the government of UPC ' s Milton Obote . In 1985 , Obote ' s government was deposed in a coup led by Tito Okello and Bazilio Olara - Okello . In 1986 , in the aftermath of the chaos which followed the coup , Yoweri Museveni ' s National Resistance Army , which had been fighting against Obote ' s government for six years , seized power . P ' Ojok declined several personal offers from Museveni to join his government and in 1987 was arrested and charged with treason for allegedly amassing weapons to overthrow the government . There is no record of his being found guilty of the charges , but he was sent to prison . In 1990 he was released by presidential pardon of Museveni , after which he left Uganda and settled in the United Kingdom . In early 2005 a congregation of Acholi elders approached p ' Ojok and asked him to represent the Acholi in Uganda People ' s Congress , an offer which he declined . Since the 1990s , p ' Ojok has lived with his wife and children on the outskirts of London .