Jamil Mukulu

Jamil Mukulu (born Alirabaki Kyagulanyi) is a Ugandan militant leader and suspected war criminal who was the principal founder and former leader of the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed Islamist rebel group in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mukulu was arrested in Tanzania in 2015 and is currently awaiting trial in Uganda for charges such as murder and crimes against humanity.

Biography Jamil Mukulu was born Alirabaki Kyagulanyi in the village of Ntoke in the Kayunga District of Uganda on 17 April 1964, to Lutakome Sserwada and Aisha Nakiyemba. Little is known about his early life, except for the fact that he earned a degree in business management in Nairobi, Kenya. When he returned to Africa, Mukulu, now well connected with numerous global jihadist movements, became involved in the conflict between the Ugandan Muslim Supreme Council and the Tabliq sect, the latter of which Mukulu belonged to.

In 2011, Mukulu was placed under sanction by the United Nations for terrorist activities in the Congo.

In 2014, a court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo convicted Mukulu of terrorism and murder, and sentenced him to death in absentia.

In 2015, Mukulu was arrested by police in Tanzania and repatriated to the custody Uganda, where he was charged with murder, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He is currently awaiting trial.

Despite being under sentence of death in the Congo, Uganda has refused to turn Mukulu over to Congolese authorities.

Since Mukulu's capture, the ADF has been led by one of his lieutenants, Musa Baluku.