In 1966 Prime Minister Milton Obote promoted himself to the Presidency and ordered an attack on the Kabaka’s palace at Mengo. The Kabaka escaped by jumping over the the12-foot wall that surrounds the palace. This video shows smoke rising from burning buildings in the palace compound. Footage of “Twekobe” after it was ransacked by government troops loyal to Milton Obote. Trucks transporting prisoners. Milton Obote's press conference. Interview with a man whose family worked in the service of the
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1966: Deposed President of Uganda and Kabaka of Buganda Edward Mutesa II Arrives in London after the Uganda Army launched a heavy assault on his palace in Mengo. The traumatized and tired king gave an impromptu press conference at London Airport shortly after his arrival from Burundi. “You must remember,” he said “that I was not only the Kabaka of Buganda but I was also the Head of State, the President of all Uganda. So what Obote has done is not only an affront to the people of my kingdom, but
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Prime Minister Obote seized supreme power in Uganda on 22 February 1966 in a desperate bid for political survival. His sudden move, executed almost single-handedly, appears to have neutralized all opposition. Five moderate southern ministers of Obote’s own party are under detention in the north. The police are searching for leaders of the opposition parties, but most of them, including President Mutesa, are unaccounted for. To justify his move Obote has charged the arrested ministers with plotti
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The Obote Revolution 1966 On May 24th 1966 the first president of Uganda, Sir Edward Mutesa, fled into exile. He fled following an attack on his Palace “Lubiri”, by government forces on the orders of self-imposed President Milton Obote. After a day-long battle, in which the army deployed tanks and heavy artillery, the Kabaka and his defenders’ small arms could not hold the palace against the attacking force. Thousands of people were massacred in this attack. The 1966 crisis, as it is known, star
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The 1966 Obote Revolution "The unconstitutional seizure of power by radical Prime Minister Obote yesterday has inaugurated an era of political turmoil in Uganda and may have unleashed forces which he may be unable to control." CIA Bulletin February 23, 1966 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) BULLETINS ABOUT UGANDA GIVE US A GLIMPSE INTO THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN THE 1966 CRISIS. FEBRUARY 8, 1966 The Ugandan parliament has forced the suspension of Prime Minister Obote’s leading supporter, Colonel
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