Milton Obote, Uganda’s first prime minister after independence, who led regimes known for corruption and brutality, died Monday in South Africa. He was 80. Obote, who was overthrown by the equally ...
Some say he used his tongue to get to power; perhaps the reason Milton Obote was one of the civilians to take power in a coup in Africa. While writing his obituary, the Guardian described Obote as one ...
UGANDA would be different if Obote had been more decisive and jailed Idi Amin, been smart and not given Museveni a job, been less power hungry and not attacked the Buganda king's palace, or less ...
Sons of Uganda’s past presidents unite in tribute to Obote. Hundreds of supporters of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) gathered on Friday in Abeibutu Cell, Akokoro Town Council in Apac District to ...
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On the Obote grave visit

Robert Kyagulanyi’s decision to visit Milton Obote’s grave in the middle of an election was definitely a political blunder, and I'm sure his advisors have silently acknowledged it. Once you start ...
When the January 25, 1971 coup occurred, Uganda's president Milton Obote was in Singapore for the Commonwealth Heads of States and governments' summit. After the coup, soldiers made the former army ...