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AllAfrica.com
April 20, 2018
Ugandan artists began crossing the border into Kenya long ago. Even before Jak Katarikawe came from Kampala and began painting in Nairobi in the 1970s, there was John Odoch Ameny, the amazing sculptor who fled the bloody rule of Milton Obote, and the late Expedito Mwebe, both of whom mountedÃâà...
Heavy.com
April 11, 2018
Amin was born Idi Amin Dada between 1923 and 1928. In 1962, Uganda gained its independence from the UK. Amin remained in the military where he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming Commander of the Army in 1965. Amin was aware that Uganda's current president, Milton Obote, was goingÃâà...
New Vision
April 4, 2018
On April 4, 1971, first president of Uganda and Buganda's Kabaka was laid to rest at Kasubi Royal tombs. Mutesa, who died in exile in London in 1969 after a fall out with the Prime Minister Milton Obote, was the 35th Kabaka of Buganda. He was the father of the reigning Kabaka of Buganda, RonaldÃâà...
New Vision
March 29, 2018
These are Idi Amin, Yusufu Kironde Lule, Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, Paul Muwanga and Apollo Milton Obote. The Museveni administration repudiated that impermanence and now constancy holds sway. Secondly, multiparty democracy replete with caucusing and whipping was restored after the 2005Ãâà...
New Vision
March 21, 2018
His secondary school studies also saw him through Mwiri College School in Busoga with then-future president Milton Obote. Later, Karegyesa attended Entebbe Veterinary Institute for a veterinary officer's course, before furthering his experience in that field in neighouring Kenya. There, he went to KabeteÃâà...
Newsweek
March 13, 2018
Museveni came to power after supporting rebellions against longtime Ugandan leader Idi Amin in 1979 and his successor, Milton Obote, in 1985. He mostly stabilized the country and has improved its economic standing but has faced major issues due to support for rebels in the neighboring DemocraticÃâà...
The Observer
March 5, 2018
Yoweri Museveni had warned throughout the campaigns that he would go to the bush if the Uganda Peoples Congress led by Dr Apollo Milton Obote cheated, never mind that his Uganda Patriotic Movement stood very little chance of winning. After UPC was announced winner, Museveni declared armedÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 2, 2018
Tiaty MP William Kamket defends his draft Bill, which seeks to change the country's governance system, before National Assembly's Budget and Appropriations Committee on March 1, 2018 at Parliament Buildings. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDA GROUPÃâà...
NTV Uganda
February 28, 2018
The late Andrew Lutaakome Kayiira was the chairman of the Uganda Freedom Movement, a guerrilla organization that fought the governments of presidents Milton Obote and Tito Okello between 1980 and 1986.He later worked with Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army (NRA) that took power inÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 21, 2018
However, the dream of the people and Fr Baptist who were eagerly waiting for completion of the project was shattered when the Milton Obote government started questioning the source of funding of the White priest, forcing him to drop his mission. At the time of terminating the project, Fr Baptist who wasÃâà...
RealClearMarkets
February 11, 2018
Amin's predecessor, Milton Obote, had pursued an “Africanization” policy that, among other discriminatory measures, included a system of work permits and trade licenses aimed at restricting the role of non-citizen Indians in economic and professional activities. But in 1971 Amin kicked the persecution up aÃâà...
KALW
February 2, 2018
1971 - Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda after a coup that ousted President Milton Obote. 1980 - The situation known as "Abscam" began when reports surfaced that the FBI had conducted a sting operation that targeted members of the U.S. Congress. A phony Arab businessmen were used in theÃâà...
NTV Uganda
October 17, 2017
There were mixed tributes to the former President of Uganda Dr APollo Milton Obote during his memorial lecture held by Uganda People's Congress Party in Kampala. The keynote speaker Prof. Patrick Lumumba from Kenya Law Society applauded the late president for his efforts to have a vibrant EastÃâà...
News24
December 31, 1999
"I think everyone, especially the British, who had run the place for decades, breathed such a sigh of relief when Milton Obote [the president who led Uganda to independence in 1962] was overthrown ... in 1971 [and] when Idi stepped in and took over, everybody said 'thank God, it's over nothing could beÃâà...
New Vision
December 31, 1999
He added that Karekaho used to speak the truth to both his electorate and his President Dr. Apollo Milton Obote, which he said was a reason why he loved him very much. Richard Karegyesa his elder son said his father was too patriotic because he loved Rukungiri, Kigezi and the whole country than anyÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
He was a king without a kingdom and a prince without a monarchy but still he diligently served his people and will be hailed as a kingmaker. Kham Kirk Karekaho Karegyesa will be remembered as one of the people who agitated for the full independence of Uganda, the establishment of ranching andÃâà...
Hivisasa
December 31, 1999
The outspoken leader approached Kenya's founding father Jomo Kenyatta and Uganda's Milton Obote with the idea. “I wanted us to come together. My aim was for Kenyatta to become the president of the federation government,” Nyerere once said during an interview. He added: “My ambition was forÃâà...
