The members of the Democratic Party (DP) considered late Andrew Lutaakome Kayiira as their martyr because he was killed on June 6th, 1987 three days after Uganda’s Martyrs’ day and three days to Uganda’s hero day.
Kayiira was also a member of the defunct Uganda Freedom Movement and a Democratic party stalwart. He was gunned down and his murder has never been satisfactorily investigated.
Kayiira held a doctorate in Criminology and in his life he committed only two main crimes against the state. The first crime was that he committed treason by forming a rebel organization to oust the then Uganda government of Field Marshal, Chancellor, DC, Conqueror of the British Empire, Life President, Alhaji idi Amin Dada.
The second crime was when Kayiira was suspected of attempting to overthrow the NRM government of President Museveni by force of arms. He and DP and UPC high profile politicians were arrested in 1986 and charged with treason. Kayiira was acquitted and released in February 1987, and later he was shot dead by men who were reportedly dressed in official Uganda military uniform.
Dr. Kayiira had kept a number of times dodging murderous state security operatives and government soldiers but when luck run out of him he was killed.