More so, the then young government’s leader was very much aware of what would happen if he refused the reforms brought forward by the IMF and World Bank; seeing as he very well knew that his ...

Dr Milton Obote, Kaunda, Nyerere, Nkrumah, Kenyatta were the founding fathers of African independence. His death is not a loss to Uganda but the entire Africa. Dr Milton Obote is now a part of ...

Museveni, who stormed to power in January 1986 after waging a five-year guerrilla war against former President Milton Obote’s regime, has done everything in his power to bring the democratic process ...

In 1980, Apollo Milton Obote became the Ugandan president for a second time. ... (IMF), announced on June 1, 1981, that the government was letting “the shilling float”. ...

“On 29th October 1981, I was handed a letter from the new President, Milton Obote, appointing me, Governor. You need to understand my mixed feelings at this appointment. Three out of my five ...

That same year Milton Obote, Uganda's first prime minister after the country won independence from Britain, ... "Whoever can hold his breath underwater for two minutes wins 100 shillings".

Uganda practices a democratic system of government and has ranked among the fastest growing economies in Africa. Geographically, southern Uganda includes a significant portion of Lake Victoria, one of ...

KAMPALA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The Ugandan shilling traded unchanged on Tuesday, with appetite for hard currency mostly subdued among both importers and interbank players. At 0922 GMT commercial banks ...

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of Eziron Bwambale Imbethe Malimali, the former Deputy Culture and Community Development Minister in the Milton Obote government has made an appeal for ...

His son, Moses Bintu Imbethe, says that they have spent close to Shillings 200million to treat their father in the last three years after developing health complications that condemned him to a ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vincent Obodo, the former chief bodyguard of Dr Apollo Milton Obote returned home with just USD 100 (360,000 Shillings), after more than 50-years in exile. Obodo, ...