The quest for justice
by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 26th 2015) Tragedy and Farce Milton Obote had regained power as a result of the Commission headed by Paulo Muwanga declaring him the winner of the December 1980 elections. Many believed that the…
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by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 20th 2015) The Temporary President With the Bush War nearing its end Idi Amin fled into exile, claiming that his 1979 ouster would lead to a return to colonialism. Dr Yusuf Lule was…
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by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 29th 2015) Crimes Against Humanity In January 1971 Idi Amin, the Commander of the Army overthrew the President Milton Obote. Amin was greeted as a liberator at first, but behind the buffoonery, a…
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by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 29th 2015) The Liberator? Ugandans had suffered bestial regimes before and since. Like Caligula before him, the late and unlamented dictator Idi Amin enjoyed a brief honeymoon period in Uganda and even elsewhere….
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by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 29th 2015) Overthrow Millton Obote had sewn the seeds of his own downfall. His first reign had seen the promise of independence, achieved by Uganda on October 9th 1962, give way to one-party…
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