THE OVERTHROW OF MILTON OBOTE 110917
Channel: East Africa Connect
Date: 2021-05-26

In our Independence series, we take a look at the overthrow of Apollo Milton Obote, the political leader who led Uganda to Independence from British Colonial rule in 1962.
After independence, Obote became Prime Minister from 1962 to 1966 and later President from 1966 to 1971, when a coup d’etat led by Idi Amin ousted him.
The coup came at a time when Obote was in Singapore attending a commonwealth conference. He then went to exile in Tanzania, and the fall of his regime was welcomed by many Ugandans.