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Nkhondo ya ku Uganda na Tanzania
Ivyo Ŵanthu Ŵakuyowoya
Ŵalongozgi 6 ŵa mu Africa ŵakasuska kuti Kagera ni malo ghakofya gha Uganda: Mengistu Haile Mariam wa ku Ethiopia, Didier Ratsiraka wa ku Madagascar, Agostinho Neto wa ku Angola, Seretse Khama wa ku Botswana, Samora Machel wa ku Mozambique, na Kenneth Kaunda wa ku Zambia. Maboma gha Guinea, Mali, Senegal, na vyaru vinyake vinandi vya mu Africa ghakaŵasuska yayi, kweni ghakaŵachiska kuti ŵaleke kurwa nkhondo. Wupu wa African Union (OAU) ukaŵa wakujipatura pa nkhani iyi, apo ŵimiliri ŵa wupu uwu ŵakayezga kuŵa ŵimiliri pakati pa Uganda na Tanzania.
Tanzanian counter-attack
Nyerere wakalangura Tanzania kuti waŵikengepo nkhongono zake zose pa nkhondo. Pa nyengo iyi, TPDF yikaŵa na mabrigadi ghanayi. Pakati pa ŵasilikari aŵa, ni gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa ku Southern Brigade pera ilo likaŵa kuti lacita makora comene nkhondo. Gulu ili likaŵa ku Songea, kutali na Kagera kuluska magulu ghanyake. Ŵakati ŵenda ulendo utali pa njanji na msewu, ŵakiza ku Bukoba-Kyaka ndipo ŵakazenga msasa. Ŵasilikari ŵanyake ŵakatumika kufuma ku Tabora. Mulara wa boma Edward Sokoine wakaphalira ŵalara ŵa boma la Tanzania kuti ŵatumizge ŵasilikari na ŵanthu wose ku nkhondo. Mu masabata ghacoko waka, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakasazgikira kufuma pa ŵasilikari ŵambura kukwana 40,000 kufika pa ŵasilikari ŵakujumpha 150,000, kusazgapo ŵasilikari pafupifupi 40,000 kweniso ŵapolisi, ŵakayidi, na ŵantchito ŵa boma. Ŵanandi mwa ŵasilikari aŵa ŵakaŵatumizga ku mphaka ya kumwera kwa Tanzania panji ku malo ghanyake gha mu charu ichi. Machel wakapeleka wovwiri kwa Nyerere wa gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa Mozambique. Gulu la ŵasilikari ŵakukwana 800 ŵakaŵatolera mwaluŵiro ku Tanzania na kuluta ku Kagera.
Mu myezi iyo yikajumphapo pambere nkhondo yindayambe, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakaŵa kuti ŵafwa chifukwa cha kutambuzgana, ndipo ŵakalemba ŵasilikari ŵaphya pafupifupi 10,000. Kuyana na msilikari munyake wa ku Uganda uyo wakafumbika na magazini ya Drum, ŵasilikari ŵaphya aŵa ŵakasambizgika makora yayi ndipo ŵakaŵa ŵakwenelera yayi kurwa nkhondo. Kweniso kuumaliro wa 1978, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakagalukira boma. Pafupifupi, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakaŵa 20,000 panji 21,000 mu 1978/79, ndipo ŵanthu ŵacoko waka pa 3,000 ndiwo ŵakateŵeteranga ku nkhondo.
Pa Novembala 19, ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakazenga mlatho wakudumura Mlonga wa Kagera, ndipo mu mazuŵa ghakulondezgapo ŵakatuma ŵasilikari kuti ŵakendere mu mlonga uwu. Ŵasilikari ŵa boma la Uganda ŵakamba kusuzgika chomene, ndipo ŵasilikari ŵacoko waka ndiwo ŵakayezga kutimbanizga nkhondo. Pa Novembala 23, magulu ghatatu gha TPDF ghakaswa mlatho wa ponton ndipo ŵakamba kuwuskaso Kagera Salient. Boma la Uganda likapharazga kuumaliro wa Novembala kuti lifumiskenge ŵasilikari wose mu Kagera Salient ndipo nkhondo zose zaleka. Ŵadipuloma ŵakufuma ku vyaru vinyake 50 ŵakaluta ku mphaka, ndipo ŵakayowoya kuti pakaŵavya ukaboni wakuti nkhondo yikulutilira. Ŵalaraŵalara ŵa boma la Tanzania ŵakasuska ivyo boma likayowoya, ŵakati ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakwenera kufumiskika ku caru cawo. Pa 4 Disembala ma Brigade 206 na Southern gha TPDF ghakapoka Mutukula ku chigaŵa cha Tanzania kwambura suzgo, apo Brigade 207 yikatora Minziro. Kukwambilira kwa mwezi wa Janyuwale, ŵasilikari wose ŵa ku Uganda ŵakafumamo mu Kagera.
Border clashes and Battle of Mutukula
Ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakakhuŵara comene apo ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakaŵafumiskanga mu Kagera na kuŵawukira mumphepete mwa mphaka. Ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakati ŵathereskeka, ŵakafipanga mtima kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵayezgeso kupoka caru cawo. Ŵalongozgi ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakawona kuti usange ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakulongozga malo ghatali gha ku Mutukula, ku Uganda, ŵakwambiska suzgo. Nyerere wakazomera ndipo wakaphalira ŵasilikari ŵake kuti ŵapoke msumba uwu. Apo ŵakanozgekeranga mulimo uwu, TPDF ŵakatangwanika na kusambizga na kunozga ŵasilikari ŵawo. Ntheura, nkhondo izo zikacitika mu Disembala 1978 zikaŵa za "nkhondo ya mu miphaka" pera, ndipo nyengo zinyake ŵanthu ŵakakumananga na kuwukira ŵasilikari. Pa nyengo iyi, ŵasilikari ŵa Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ŵakateŵeteranga lumoza na ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda. Gulu la PLO likaŵa mubwezi wa boma la Amin kwa vyaka vinandi, ndipo ŵasilikari ŵa Palestina pafupifupi 400 ŵakasambizgika mu Uganda. Ŵasilikari aŵa ŵakatumika ku mphaka kuti ŵakawovwire ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda, cifukwa PLO yikawonanga kuti nkhondo na Tanzania yikaŵa pangozi kwa iwo. Magazini ya Africa yikati "ŵanthu ŵakumanya vinandi" ŵakayowoya kuti "ŵantchito ŵa ku Pakistan na ŵasilikari ŵa nkhondo" ŵakakhozganga ŵasilikari ŵa Amin. Ŵasayansi ŵa ku Pakistan pafupifupi 200-350 ŵakaŵa mu Uganda kwamba mu 1978. African Review yikati Saudi Arabia yikapeleka "wovwiri wa nkhondo" ku boma la Amin mu 1978/79. Amin wakaluta ku Saudi Arabia kaŵiri kupempha wovwiri wa ndalama mu nyengo ya nkhondo ya Uganda-Tanzania.
Ŵalaraŵalara ŵa boma la Uganda ŵakaghanaghananga kuti ku Tanzania kulije nkhondo, nangauli ŵasilikari ŵa ku mphepete ŵakayowoyapo vyakupambana. Gulu la nkhondo la Uganda likazizwa apo TPDF yikamba kuwukira mu mphepete mwa mphaka mwakugwiliskira nchito vyakuponya mabomba vya BM-21 Grad pa Disembala 25. Ŵa Ugandan ŵakaŵavya vilwero ivyo vingaŵawovwira kuti ŵarwe nkhondo na ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania. Ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda ŵakaŵa na wofi comene cifukwa cakuti pakwamba ŵakatondeka kumanya ico cikaŵa munkhondo uwu. Gulu la TPDF likaponya mabomba pa mphaka kwa masabata ghanandi, na kusuzga ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda. Ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakayezga kuti ŵaparanyenge mabomba gha ku Tanzania kweni ŵakatondeka. Amin wakatuma ŵasilikari ku Spain kuti ŵakayezge kugura ndege na mabomba gha napalm kuti ŵagwenthe mabomba agha, kweni ŵakasanga yayi vilwero. Ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakanjira mu mizi yapafupi na Kikagati pa 20 January, 1979, ndipo Amin wakambiska nkhondo. Gulu la TPDF la South Brigade (lakucemeka kuti 208th Brigade) likambuka mphaka usiku wa 21 January na kuwukira Mutukula zuŵa lakulondezgapo. Gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda likathereskeka mwaluŵiro ndipo ŵakachimbira, ndipo Ŵatanzania ŵakathereska Mutukula na kutora vilwero vinandi ivyo ŵakasida. Ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵakamba kuparanya tawuni yose na kukoma ŵanthu ŵanandi kuti ŵawezgere nduzga izo ŵakacita ku Kagera. Nyerere wakakwiya comene wati waphalirika, ndipo wakaphalira TPDF kuti waleke kupweteka ŵanthu na katundu wawo.
Boma la Uganda likapulikira yayi ivyo vikachitikira Mutukula. Ŵakatuma waka gulu la ŵasilikari kuti likakhozge nkhondo, uku ŵakuŵika mtima pa kukondwelera chaka cha 8 cha Amin kuŵa pulezidenti. Kacitiro aka kakapangiska kuti ŵanthu ŵa mu Uganda ŵaleke kugomezgeka. Gulu la TPDF likagwiliskira nchito nyengo iyo kukaŵavya nkhondo kuti liŵe ŵakunozgeka kwambaso nkhondo. Kuti ŵawovwirepo, caru ca Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Ethiopia, na Algeria ŵakatumizga vilwero ku Tanzania. Kuyana na wasayansi munyake zina lake Gerald Chikozho Mazarire, Ethiopia wakatuma "ŵasilikari na mabomba gha ku Russia" ku Tanzania kuti ŵakakhozge nkhondo ya ku Uganda. Pakaŵaso ŵanthu awo ŵakatenge ŵasilikari ŵa ZANLA ŵakurwa pamoza na TPDF. Boma la Tanzania nalo likapempha China kuti liŵawovwire vya nkhondo. Ŵabali aŵa ŵakakhumbanga kuti ŵaleke kunjilirapo pa nkhondo iyi. Nangauli ŵa ku China ŵakaphalira ŵanthu kuti ŵadumbiskane, kweni ŵakatumizga vilwero vinandi ndipo ŵakawovwira kuti vinthu vinyake ivyo ŵakapempha vifike luŵiro. Ufumu wa United Kingdom nawo ukakhumba yayi kunjilirapo pa nkhondo iyi, kweni ukagwiranga lumoza nchito na ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania kuti uŵape mwaluŵiro vinthu vya nkhondo ivyo ŵakagura. Pa nyengo yeneyira, Soviet Union yikaleka kupeleka vilwero ku Uganda ndipo yikapharazga kuti yikukhumba kuwuskamo ŵalongozgi ŵake wose ŵa nkhondo.
Kuwungana kwa ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda na awo ŵali ku wuzga
Mwaluŵiro pamanyuma pa kuwukira kwa Kagera, Nyerere wakalongora kuti pakuti Mgwirizano wa Mogadishu waleka kugwira ntchito, boma lake lipelekenge ndalama, kusambizga, na kuvikilira ŵanthu wose ŵa ku Uganda awo ŵakukhumba kurwa nkhondo kuti ŵawuskepo Amin. Ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakufuma mu vyaru vyakupambanapambana kweniso awo ŵakususka boma la Uganda ŵakazomera uthenga uwu. Gulu likuru la ŵakugaluka likapanga Kikosi Maalum, gulu lakugomezgeka kwa Obote ilo likalongozgekanga na Tito Okello na David Oyite Ojok; Front for National Salvation (FRONASA) ilo likalongozgekanga na Yoweri Museveni; na Save Uganda Movement (SUM) ilo likalongozgekanga na Akena p'Ojok, William Omaria, na Ateker Ejalu.Kweniso, magulu ghacoko waka nga ni Catholic Group na Uganda Nationalist Organization ghakati ghali na vilwero.
Magulu agha ghakaŵa ghaheni comene pakwamba kwa nkhondo, kweni pamanyuma ghakathandazgika mwaluŵiro. Nangauli ŵakamanyikwanga kuti mbalwani, kweni ŵakasuskananga pa nkhani za ndyali. Apo Kikosi Maalum na FRONASA ŵakapeleka ŵasilikari ŵa panthazi na ŵasilikari awo ŵakateŵeteranga nga ni wovwiri na ŵakwendakwenda ku TPDF, SUM yikapanga mabomba na kuwukira boma la Amin kufuma mukati. Gulu la Uganda Liberation Group (Z) ilo lili ku Zambia likachiska ŵanthu awo ŵali mu gulu ili kuti ŵapeleke ndalama zakovwira nkhondo ya ku Tanzania. Ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda awo ŵakaŵa ku wuzga ŵakayezgayezga kuti ŵachiteko vinthu vinyake ku Kenya, kweni boma la Kenya likaŵatondeska. Mu Janyuwale, Obote wakaswa cete lake ndipo wakacema ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda kuti ŵawukire boma. Mu nyengo yakwambilira ya nkhondo iyi, magulu ghanandi gha ŵakugaluka, kusazgapo Obote, FRONASA, na SUM, ghakakolerana pasi pa gulu la "National Revolt".
Tanzanian invasion of southern Uganda
Pakwamba Nyerere wakakhumbanga waka kurwa nkhondo kuti wavikilire caru ca Tanzania. Pamanyuma pakuti Amin wakatondeka kulekeska ivyo wakakhumbanga ku Kagera ndipo OAU yikatondeka kususka nkhondo ya ku Uganda, iyo wakadumura kuti ŵasilikari ŵa Tanzania ŵanjire mu chigaŵa cha kumwera kwa Uganda, chomenechomene matawuni ghaŵiri ghakuru: Masaka na Mbarara. Ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakaghanaghana za kuŵakora kuti ŵaŵalyerepo mulandu cifukwa ca uheni uwo ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakacita mu caru cawo ndiposo kuti ŵambiske cigaluka. Obote wakasimikizgira Nyerere kuti usange matawuni agha ghazamuwukira boma la Amin, boma lizamuwuskikapo mu masabata ghachoko waka na kuzomerezga ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania kuti ŵafumemo mu nkhondo. Kweniso Obote wakaŵa na cigomezgo (ndipo Nyerere nayo wakaŵa na cigomezgo) kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵazamubwanganduka usange Masaka wangakoleka. Ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakamba kunozgekera makora nkhondo ya kuzenga matawuni ghaŵiri agha. Muwuso wa ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ukati wawona kuti ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵafumako ku Uganda, ŵakakwiya chomene. Pakwamba ŵakagomezganga kuti ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda ndiwo ŵadangilirenge nkhondo iyi, kweni ŵakaŵa waka 1,000, ntheura ŵa ku Tanzania ndiwo ŵakeneranga kulongozga nkhondo iyi. Pakati pa malo gha TPDF na Masaka pakaŵa malo ghanandi agho ghakaŵa na ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda agho ghakakhumbikwanga kufwatulika, kusazgapo malo ghakukwelera ndege ku Lukoma na mabatire ghakupambanapambana gha futi. Gulu la ŵasilikari la 201, 207, na 208 likapika languro lakuti lifumiskemo ŵasilikari.
Ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakamba kuwukira mu Febuluwale. Ŵakafika pafupi, ŵakakoma ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda, ŵakaparanya katundu wawo, ndipo ŵakakora malo ghakukwelera ndege pa Febuluwale 13. Pa nyengo yeneyiyo, Amin wakati ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania na ŵasilikari awo ŵakugwira ntchito na malupanga ŵatorapo chigaŵa chikuru cha Uganda. Pakuŵa na mafumbo kufuma ku wupu wa vyaru vyakupambanapambana, Tanzania yikati ŵasilikari ŵake ŵakasunga waka malo agho ghali kufupi na mphaka ya Uganda. Ŵapolisi ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakawerezgapo mazgu gha Nyerere ghakuti "Tanzania yikukhumba yayi malo gha ku Uganda" kweni ŵakakana kufumba mafumbo ghakukhwaskana na umo ŵasilikari ŵawo ŵakwendeskera. Apo ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakalutanga ku Masaka ŵakalutanga panthazi mwaluŵiro, gulu la TPDF la 206th Brigade likakumana na ŵanthu ŵakususka apo likalutanga ku Mbarara. Gulu la ŵasilikari la Uganda likathereska gulu la ŵasilikari kufupi na Nyanja ya Nakivale, na kukoma ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania 24. Ici cikaŵa cimoza mwa vinthu vikuru comene ivyo vikathereskeka na TPDF mu nyengo ya nkhondo, ndipo pamanyuma pake yikakhira. Mu chigaŵa cha Masaka, TPDF yikathereska ŵasilikari ŵa Kalisizo, tawuni iyo yili pa mtunda wa makilomita 28 kumwera kwa Masaka. Ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda awo ŵakawelera ku Masaka ŵakaŵa na wofi comene ndipo ŵasilikari awo ŵakakhalanga ku malo agha ŵakaŵavya cikanga. Apo ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakendanga kumwera kwa Uganda, ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakaŵalumbanga.
Gulu la TPDF likazingilizga msumba wa Masaka kufuma ku vigaŵa vitatu, kweni likalangulika kuti lileke kunjiramo, pakuti ungano wa OAU ukacitikira ku Nairobi mu chiyezgo cakuti uŵe wakunjilirapo pa nkhondo. Mulara wa ŵasilikari wa ku Uganda, Isaac Maliyamungu wakawona mwaŵi wakuti waŵawukire, ntheura ŵasilikari ŵake ŵakamba kufumiska ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania pa Febuluwale 23. Gulu la TPDF likathereska luŵiro ŵasilikari aŵa, ndipo usiku wenewura likamba kuwombera msumba wa Masaka. Pamanyuma, ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵakachimbira, ndipo namulenji Ŵatanzania ŵakakora tawuni. Pakukhumba kuwezgera uheni uwo ukacitika mu Kagera, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakagwiliskira nchito mabomba kuti ŵabwangandure nyumba zinandi izo zikapona. Pa 25 February, TPDF na ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda awo ŵakalongozgekanga na Museveni ŵakabomba Mbarara ndipo ŵakati ŵapoka msumba uwu, ŵakaparanya nyumba izo zikakhalako na dinamiti. Pakaŵavya kuwukira Amin. Pamanyuma pa kupoka matawuni ghaŵiri agha, TPDF yikaleka kuwungana. Silas Mayunga wakakwezgeka kuŵa mulara wa ŵasilikari ndipo wakapika mazaza gha "Task Force" iyo yikaŵa yiphya. Apo gulu la 20th Division likanyamuka kufuma kumwera kwa Uganda na kuwukira vigaŵa vikuruvikuru mu chalo ichi, gulu la Task Force likaluta kumpoto ku Western Uganda mu myezi yakulondezgapo, ndipo likakumana na ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda. Nyengo yeneyiyo, ŵasilikari ŵa boma la Uganda ŵakakomeka comene mu Febuluwale.
Libyan intervention and Battle of Lukaya
Mulongozgi wa ku Libya Muammar Gaddafi, uyo wakaŵa mubwezi wa Amin, wakawona kuti caru ca Uganda - ico iyo wakaciwonanga kuti ni caru ca Cisilamu - cikaŵa pangozi cifukwa ca ŵasilikari ŵa Cikhristu, ndipo wakakhumbanga kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵaleke kunjira. Wakayowoyaso kuti mu nyengo ya muwuso wa Amin, charu cha Uganda chikaŵa na mazaza ghakupambanapambana na vyaru vya Sudan na Egypt. Ivyo ŵanthu ŵa ku Libya ŵakacita mu Novembala 1978 na Febuluwale 1979 vikatondeka kumazga suzgo pakati pa Tanzania na Uganda. Kaddafi wakaphalirika kuti wakakhumbanga kunjilirapo pa nkhondo kwambura kudumbiskana na ŵamazaza ŵanyake ŵa ku Libya kweniso nangauli mulara wake wa ŵasilikari, Major Farak Suleiman, wakakana. Pakati pa mwezi wa Febuluwale, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya ŵakanjira mu Entebbe kuti ŵawovwire ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda, nangauli kukwambilira kwa mwezi wa Malichi boma la Libya likakana kuti ŵasilikari ŵake ŵatumizgikenge ku Uganda. Pa nyengo yeneyiyo, wupu wa PLO ukawona kuti boma la Amin lili pafupi kuparanyika cifukwa ca nkhondo ya ku Tanzania. Mulongozgi Yasser Arafat, na ŵawovwiri ŵakuru Khalil al-Wazir na Saad Sayel ŵakadumbiskana vyakusankha vyawo, ndipo ŵakadumura kutuma ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa PLO ku Uganda kuti ŵavikilire boma la Amin. Colonel Mutlaq Hamdan, wakucemeka "Abu Fawaz", na ŵalongozgi ŵanyake ŵakaŵatuma kuti ŵakawovwire ŵalara ŵa boma la Uganda pakunozga nkhondo. Pa March 18, Arafat wakasimikizgira kuti ku Uganda kukaŵa ŵasilikari ŵa Palestina awo ŵakalweranga Amin.
Pa nyengo yeneyiyo, gulu la 20 la TPDF likanozgekera kunjira kufuma ku Masaka kuya ku Kampala. Nthowa yimoza pera yakufumira ku Masaka kuya ku Kampala yikajumphanga mu msumba wa Lukaya, uwo uli pa mtunda wa makilomita 39 kumpoto kwa msumba uwu. Kufuma apo, nthowa yikalutilira pa msewu wa makilomita 25 uwo ukajumphanga mu mathipa m'paka ukafika ku Nabusanke. Malo agha ghakaŵa ghakusuzga kujumphapo, ndipo para misewu iyi yinganangika mphanyi ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakakhalira myezi yinandi. Nangauli ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵakaŵa ŵakusuzgika, kweni Musuguri wakaŵaphalira kuti ŵavikilire malo agha. Gulu la 207 la TPDF likatumika kujumpha mu chipalamba kumafumiro gha dazi, gulu la 208 likatumika kumanjiliro gha dazi kuti likapenje chipalamba icho chikizenge na kumpoto kwa chipalamba, ndipo gulu la 201 ilo likakhozgeka na gulu la ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda likaluta mu msewu na kunjira mu tawuni. Kweniso nga ni cigaŵa ca ndondomeko ya kupoka Kampala, TPDF's 205th Brigade yikeneranga kunjilira ku Mpigi kukwambilira kwa mwezi wa Malichi ndipo kufuma apo ku Mityana na kwamba kuwukira msumba ukuru kufuma kwenekura. Amin wakapharazga pa wayilesi kuti ŵasilikari ŵake ŵali pafupi kuzingilizga TPDF. Pakukhumba kumanya usange ivyo ŵakayowoya vikaŵa vyaunenesko, ŵalongozgi ŵa ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakasanda ivyo ŵakaghanaghananga ndipo ŵakamanya kuti gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa Tiger ku Mubende ŵalije. Pakughanaghana kuti ŵasilikari aŵa ŵakalutanga kumwera, ŵakatuma gulu la ŵasilikari la nambara 205 kufuma ku Masaka kumpoto kuti liŵawukire. Gulu la ŵasilikari la 205 likakumana na ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ku Sembabule.
Pa nyengo yeneyira, Amin wakaphalirika kuti waleke kunanga msewu wa Lukaya, kweni iyo wakakana, wakati uwu ungapangiska kuti ŵasilikari ŵake ŵaleke kunjilirapo pa nkhondo. Wakagomezganga kuti para ŵanthu ŵa ku Libya ŵawovwirenge ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵathereskekenge mwaluŵiro, ndipo ntheura kuparanya na kuzengaso msewu uwu kukaŵa kwakukhumbikwa yayi. Pa Malichi 24, ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakathereska ŵakugaluka mu Nkhondo ya Tororo. Pakulondezga ivyo ŵalongozgi ŵake ŵakamuphalira, muwuso wa ku Tororo ukapangiska kuti pulezidenti waŵaphalire kuti ŵambeso nkhondo. Pa Malichi 9, ŵasilikari ŵakujumpha 1,000 ŵa ku Libya na ŵasilikari pafupifupi 40 ŵa PLO ŵa Fatah ŵakanjira mu Uganda. Gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya likaŵa na ŵasilikari ŵakwendakwenda, ŵasilikari ŵa People's Militia, na ŵasilikari ŵa Pan-African Legion. Ŵakaŵa na matangi 15 gha T-55, magalimoto ghakuyegha ŵasilikari ghakujumpha khumi na ghaŵiri, magalimoto ghanandi gha Land Rovers agho ghakaŵa na futi za 106 mm (4.2 inches) zambura kuzgoka, magalimoto ghanandi gha BM-21 Grad gha Katyusha, na magalimoto ghanyake ghakuru nga ni mabomba gha 122 mm (4.8 inches) na mabomba ghaŵiri gha D-30. Mu nyengo ya nkhondo, ŵasilikari 4,500 ŵa ku Libya ŵakatumika ku Uganda. Amin wakalangura kuti ŵanthu ŵa ku Libya, pamoza na ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda na ŵasilikari ŵa PLO, ŵapoke Masaka.
Pa 10 March mulenji, gulu la TPDF la 201th Brigade likapoka Lukaya kulindilira kuti ŵajumphe msewu wakulondezgapo. Kuumaliro wa mise, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda, Libya, na Palestina ŵakamba kusendelera ku Lukaya. Ŵalibi ŵakati ŵawona ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania, ŵakaŵaponya mabomba gha Katyusha. Ŵasilikari ŵa mu gulu la ŵasilikari la 201, awo ŵakaŵa ŵambura kumanya vinandi, ŵakawopa chomene ndipo ŵanandi ŵakachimbira. Ŵanyake wose ŵakawelera ku malo ghakututuŵa agho ghakaŵa mumphepete mwa msewu wa Masaka ŵakati ŵawona kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya ŵa T-55 na ŵa ku Uganda ŵa M4A1 Sherman ŵakwiza. Nangauli ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda, Libya, na Palestina ŵakaŵatuma kuti ŵatore msumba wa Masaka, kweni ŵakakhalira waka ku Lukaya.
Ŵalongozgi ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakaghanaghana vyakusintha ivyo ŵakakhumbanga kuti ŵaleke kuti nyifwa ya Lukaya yiŵe suzgo. Gulu la 208 ilo likaŵa pasi pa Brigadier Mwita Marwa, ilo likaŵa pa mtunda wa makilomita 60 kumpoto ca kumanjiliro gha dazi kwa tawuni iyi, likalangulika kuti liwelere nyuma na kupatura ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda na ŵa ku Libya ku Kampala. Gulu la 208 likafika pa msewu wa Kampala mulenjilenji pa 11 March ndipo likamba kugalukira. Gulu la ŵasilikari la 201 likamba kuwukira kufuma kunthazi, ndipo la 208 likamba kuwukira kufuma kumasinda. Ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakaŵaponya pasi. Pamanyuma, Ŵalibiya ŵanandi ŵakamba kufumapo. Mulara wa ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda, Lieutenant Colonel Godwin Sule, wakakomeka, panyake cifukwa ca kudumulika na galimoto yake. Nyifwa yake yikapangiska kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵathere, ndipo ŵasilikari awo ŵakakhalapo ŵakaleka malo ghawo na kucimbira. Pamanyuma pa nkhondo iyi, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakasanga kuti pali ŵasilikari ŵakujumpha 400 awo ŵali kufwa mu cigaŵa ici, kusazgapo ŵanthu pafupifupi 200 ŵa ku Libya. Nkhondo ya Lukaya yikaŵa yikuru comene mu Nkhondo ya Uganda na Tanzania.
Nkhondo ya Lukaya yikati yamara, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵakamba kusweka. Mwaluŵiro, TPDF yikamba ntchito ya Dada Idi, ndipo mu mazuŵa ghakulondezgapo, ma Brigade gha 207 na 208 ghakawuskamo ŵanthu mu msewu wa Kampala na kutora Mpigi. Ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda na ku Libya ŵakafumako ku nkhondo na kuluta ku msumba ukuru. Amin wakawuskapo Gowon pa udindo wake wa kuŵa mulara wa ŵasilikari, ndipo wakati wawona kuti ŵasilikari ŵakamukwiyira, wakachimbilira ku Zaire. Wakasinthika na Ali Fadhul. Kuuyambiro wa mwezi wa Epulero, TPDF yikapoka msumba wa Sembabule. Ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda ŵakasoŵa vilwero, mafuta, na vyakurya. Ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda ŵakamba kwiba, kukoma na kuyuzga ŵanthu apo ŵakachimbiliranga ku Zaire na Sudan. Mwakuyana na ivyo Alicia C. Decker, nkharo ya ŵasilikari awo ŵakaleka kunjilirapo yikaŵa cifukwa ca kuleka kujikora pera yayi, kweniso cifukwa ca fundo za urongozgi: pakwambiska vivulupi na kutimbanizga ŵanthu kuti ŵacimbire, ŵakawovwirika kuti ŵajivikilire. Ŵasilikari awo ŵakakhalanga pa malo ghawo kanandi ŵakamba kuwezgera ŵanthu awo ŵakaghanaghananga kuti ŵakukolerana na ŵakugaluka. Pakumanya kuti nkhondo yili kumara, ŵasilikari ŵanyake ŵa ku Uganda ŵakanozga vyakuti ŵamuwuskemo Amin. Ŵanthu ŵakayowoyanga kuti ŵanthu ŵanyake awo ŵakendanga pafupi na pulezidenti ŵakukolerana na ndondomeko iyi. Pa nyengo iyi, ŵanthu ŵanandi ku Uganda ŵakasuskanga boma la Amin ndipo ŵakakhumbanga kuti nkhondo yimare luŵiro. Ŵakamba kuchema ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania kuti bakombozi ("ŵakufwatura").
Moshi Conference
Pamanyuma pa kupoka Mpigi, Nyerere wakalangura TPDF kuti yimike ulendo wake. Nangauli wakawona kuti pamanyuma pakuti Libya wanjilirapo pa Lukaya nchambura machitiko kuti ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda ŵatorenge Kampala ŵekha, kweni wakagomezga kuti nchakuzirwa comene kuti ŵaŵe na nyengo yakuŵikapo boma lawo kuti ŵatore malo gha Amin. Ŵalaraŵalara ŵa boma la Tanzania ŵakamba kunozgekera boma liphya nga umo ŵakacitira ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda, awo ŵakalongozgekanga na Obote na Dani Wadada Nabudere. Ŵapanduki na awo ŵakaŵa ku wuzga ŵakanozgekeranga ivi kwa myezi yinandi, ndipo ŵakamba kuyowoyeskana kufuma waka apo nkhondo yikambira. Apo kudumbiskana pakati pa magulu agha kukaŵa mukati, Museveni wakapeleka fundo yakuti FRONASA yake yikure cifukwa ca kuyezga kwambiska ŵasilikari ŵa ku Mbarara pamoza na Kikosi Maluum wa Obote kuti ŵapange gulu limoza la ŵasilikari. Obote wakakana fundo iyi ndipo wakayezga kukolerana na magulu ghanyake ghakwimikana nawo, kweni maghanoghano gha Museveni ghakakondweska ŵalongozgi ŵanyake awo ŵakaŵa ku wuzga. Apo ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakambanga kunozga ungano wa ŵakugaluka na awo ŵakaŵa ku wuzga, Nyerere wakambaso kughanaghanirapo pa udindo wa Obote mu gulu ili. Wakakhumba yayi kuti ŵanthu ŵawonenge nga kuti Tanzania yikukhumba kukhazikiska boma mu Uganda mwa kovwira Obote kuti walongozge gulu la ŵakugaluka. Nyerere wakawopaso kuti Obote wangatondeska ungano uwu kuti uleke kwenda makora. Wakamuphalira Obote kuti waleke kuluta ku ungano uwu, ndipo wakatuma ŵanthu kufuma ku Uganda People's Congress, chipani cha Obote. Mu malo gha Obote, ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda awo ŵakaŵa ku wuzga ŵakamba kutemwera Yusuf Lule, uyo wakaŵa mulara wa vya sayansi na ndyali wa ku Muganda.
Ungano uwu ukajulika pa Malichi 24 mu tawuni ya Moshi ku Tanzania, pamanyuma pa kudumbiskana comene za magulu na ŵanthu awo ŵangazomerezgeka. Muhanya wenewura ŵimiliri ŵakapharazga za kuwumbika kwa Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF), iyo yikeneranga kulongozgeka na Komiti Yakudumbiskana ya ku Uganda (NCC) iyo yikaŵa na ŵanthu 30 na Komiti Yakurongozga ya ku Uganda iyo yikaŵa na ŵanthu 11. Mazuŵa ghaŵiri ghakulondezgapo ŵakadumbiskana umo ŵamazaza ŵa wupu uwu ŵakenderananga na kusankha mulongozgi wa wupu uwu. Ŵakati ŵadumbiskana, ŵakazomerezgana kuti Lule ndiyo waŵe mulongozgi ndipo Muwanga ndiyo waŵe mulara wa komiti ya vya nkhondo. Ungano uwu ukamara pa 26 Malichi 1979. Ŵasilikari ŵakugaluka awo ŵakaŵa ku Moshi ŵakakolerana na gulu la Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). Pakwamba, gulu la ŵakugaluka likaŵa na ŵasilikari pafupifupi 2,000.
Kuwa kwa Kampala na umaliro wa nkhondo
Zuŵa lakulondezgapo pamanyuma pa ungano wa Moshi, kazembe wa Libya ku Tanzania wakapeleka kwa Nyerere kalata yakufuma kwa Gaddafi, iyo yikati boma la Libya lizamunjira mu nkhondo mu zina la Amin usange Tanzania yingaleka kufumiska ŵasilikari ŵake mu Uganda mu maora 24. Nyerere wakazizwa comene na mazgu agha, cifukwa wakamanyanga kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya ŵakarwa nkhondo na Ŵauganda ku Lukaya. Wakayowoya pa wayilesi kuti nangauli chenjezgo la Gaddafi likasazgirako "vinthu vinyake" ku nkhondo, kweni likasintha yayi umo Tanzania yikuwonera Amin. Pakati pajumpha mazuŵa ghanayi, Gaddafi wakakhumbanga kuti Nyerere waŵe na wofi. Ndege iyi yikasanga yayi ico yikakhumbanga, kweni yikafika pa malo ghanyake. Ndege za ku Tanzania zikawukira malo ghakusungiramo mafuta ku Kampala, Jinja, na Tororo.
Kukwambilira kwa mwezi wa Epulero, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakamba kuŵikapo mtima kuti ŵathereske ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ku Kampala. Pa nyengo iyi, ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakaŵa kuti ŵamara. Ŵadipuloma ŵakagomezganga kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Nubia na Sudan ndiwo ŵakaŵa ŵakugomezgeka, apo boma la Amin likalutilira kulamulira chifukwa cha wovwiri wa ku Libya. Mulembi wa nyuzipepara ya New York Times, John Darnton, wakati ŵasilikari 2,500 pera ndiwo ŵakalutilira kugomezgeka. Pakwamba, ŵalongozgi ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakaghanaghananga kuti Amin waŵikenge ŵasilikari ŵake ŵanandi mu msumba ukuru. Kweni kufuma ku Mpigi ŵakawonanga chirwa cha Entebbe, uko kukaŵa ndege zinandi za ku Libya na ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda na Libya. Usange ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵatoranga Kampala pambere ŵandapoke tawuni ya Entebbe, ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF mu Kampala ŵangawukirapo yayi. Kuwukira Entebbe kungatondeska ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda kuti ŵaleke kwambiska nkhondo na ŵanthu ŵa ku Libya. Mwantheura, Musuguri wakalangura gulu la ŵasilikari la 208 kuti lipokere cigaŵa ici. Ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵakazenga vilwero na kuwukira tawuni iyi kwa mazuŵa ghatatu. Amin wakaŵa ku Entebbe State House pa nyengo iyi kweni wakacimbira na helikopta kuya ku Kampala. Ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda ŵakachimbira, kweni Ŵalibiya ŵakakhala.
Pa 6 Epulero, ŵasilikari ŵakakhozga comene nkhondo iyi. Gulu la ŵasilikari la 208 likaluta ku Entebbe mulenji wakulondezgapo. Gulu limoza la ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya likayezga kucimbira mu msewu wa ku Kampala, kweni likakomeka na kuparanyika. Namise ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵakakora tawuni iyi na kutora vilwero vinandi vya ku Libya. Mulenji wakulondezgapo, ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa Uganda ŵakajipeleka ku TPDF. Nkhondo iyi yikapangiska kuti ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵaleke kwendera ndege. Ndege zake zinandi zikaparanyika panji kukoreka, ndipo ŵasilikari ŵa nkhondo awo ŵakacimbilira ku viŵanja vya Jinja na Nakasongola ŵakawofya ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda. Ici cikapangiska kuti ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵaleke kusopa Yehova. Nyerere wakazomerezga ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya, awo ŵakasuzgika comene pa nkhondo iyi, kuti ŵafumemo mu Kampala na kufumamo mu nkhondo kwambura soni. Wakatumizga uthenga kwa Gaddafi kulongosora ivyo wakacita, wakati ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya ŵangasezgeka mu ndege kufuma mu Uganda kwambura kukanizgika kufuma ku Jinja. Ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵa ku Libya awo ŵakachimbiranga ŵakaŵasuzganga na ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda awo ŵakaŵapuluskanga, kuŵapeleka ku TPDF panji kuŵakoma. Ŵanandi awo ŵakapona ŵakachimbilira ku Kenya na Ethiopia, uko ŵakawelera kukwawo. Kuwombokwa kwa ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya mu Uganda kukaŵa suzgo likuru ku ndyali za ku vyaru vinyake za Gaddafi, ndipo vikapangiska kuti mu boma la Libya muŵe mphindano.
Gulu la TPDF likaluta ku Kampala pa 10 Epulero. Ŵasilikari ŵachoko waka ŵa ku Uganda panji ŵa ku Libya ndiwo ŵakakananga. Zuŵa lakulondezgapo, apo ŵasilikari ŵa Tanzania na UNLF ŵakasuzganga ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda awo ŵakaŵa mu Kampala, Oyite-Ojok wakaluta ku Radio Uganda kuti wakapharazge kuti msumba uwu wapokeka. Wakayowoya mu wayilesi kuti boma la Amin lili kukanizgika ndipo Kampala wali pasi pa mazaza gha UNLF, ndipo wakacema ŵanthu kuti ŵakhale bata ndipo ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵajipeleke. Ŵanthu ŵakafumanga mu nyumba zawo na kwamba kwiba vinthu. Pa 13 Epulero Lule wakatolekera ku msumba uwu na kuŵikika kuŵa purezidenti muphya wa Uganda. Boma liphya la UNLF likamanyikwa mwaluŵiro na vyaru vinyake nga ni boma lakuzomerezgeka mu Uganda. Ŵakaŵavya ŵapolisi panji ŵantchito ŵa boma, kweniso ŵakaŵavya vinthu vyakukhumbikwa pa maofesi. Boma likateŵeterapo yayi pa nkhondo iyo yikachitika na ŵasilikari ŵa Amin.
Amin wakacimbilira ku Libya ndipo pamanyuma ku Saudi Arabia. Nangauli Amin wakachimbira na kuwira kwa msumba ukuru, kweni ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakalutilira kulimbana. Na wovwiri wa ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya, ŵasilikari aŵa ŵakawelera kumpoto, ndipo ŵakamba kwiba vinthu. Ŵakaŵa pamoza na ŵasilikari ŵa PLO awo ŵakalongozgekanga na Mahmoud Da'as awo ŵakafika ku Sudan. Ŵakati ŵathereska msumba wa Kampala, nkhondo zikalutilira yayi. Pa 22 Epulero, TPDF yikapoka msumba wa Jinja na Damu la Owen Falls, ilo likapelekanga magesi ghose mu caru. Ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa Uganda ŵakagaluka panji kupasuka, ndipo ŵasilikari ŵa Tanzania na UNLF ŵakamba kukhala mu vigaŵa vinandi vya kumafumiro gha dazi na kumpoto kwa Uganda kwambura ŵakususka. Gulu linyake la ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda likalimbana na ŵasilikari aŵa, kweni nawo ŵakathereskeka. Ŵalwani ŵa Amin ŵakayezga kuti ŵaleke kunjilira kumpoto kwa Tanzania, kweni ŵakathereskeka pa Nkhondo ya Bombo, Lira, na Karuma Falls. Ku Mbale, ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakukwana 250 ŵakafumako ndipo ŵakasankha kuvikilira tawuni iyi ku ŵasilikari ŵakugomezgeka awo ŵakaweranga na kulindilira kuti ŵa Tanzania ŵize. Ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakajikora na kuwukira ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda awo ŵakakhalanga ku malo ghanyake, kweniso ŵanthu wose ŵa mafuko panji visopa awo ŵakakolerananga na boma la Amin. Ŵanthu ŵaheni ŵakaparanya mizi yose. Ŵalwani ŵa FRONASA na Kikosi Maalum ŵa ku Uganda ndiwo ŵakacitiska vigeŵenga viheni comene. Kanandi, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakazomerezganga panji kovwirapo pa kukoma ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda. Nangauli vili nthena, kweni ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakuzomerezga kuti ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakacita makora comene, comenecomene pakuyaniska na ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda na ŵasilikari ŵa mafuko.
Nkhondo yaumaliro ya nkhondo iyi yikacitika pa 27 Meyi apo gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakawukira ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF kufupi na Bondo pambere ŵandacimbire. Pakati pajumpha nyengo yicoko waka, ŵasilikari ŵakakora Arua kwambura kukumana na ŵanthu. Pakunjira mu chigaŵa cha West Nile, FRONASA yikamba "kukoma ŵanthu" ŵa ku malo agha, na wovwiri wa ŵanthu awo ŵakususkana na Amin. Ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵa ku West Nile ŵakachimbira pamoza na ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda. Kufuma ku Arua, gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania likaluta ku mphaka ya kumanjiliro gha dazi kwa Uganda na Sudan na Zaire. Pa Juni 3, 1979, ŵakawoneseska kuti mphaka ya Sudan njakukhora. Pa nyengo iyi, ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵakukwana 30,000-45,000 ŵakaŵa kuti ŵatumika ku Uganda.
Gulu la TPDF likathera ŵasilikari 373 mu nyengo ya nkhondo, ndipo 96 pera ndiwo ŵakafwa. Ŵasilikari ŵakuwukira ŵa ku Uganda ŵakukwana 150 ŵakafwa, ndipo ŵanandi ŵakafwa apo boti lawo likabwangasukira mu Nyanja ya Victoria. Ŵasilikari pafupifupi 1,000 ŵa gulu la ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakakomeka ndipo 3,000 ŵakakoleka. Pa nkhondo iyi, ŵasilikari 600 ŵa ku Libya ŵakafwa, ndipo ŵasilikari pafupifupi 1,800 ŵakapwetekeka. Ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakatora ŵakayidi 59 ŵa ku Libya, ndipo ŵakaŵafumiska myezi yinandi pamanyuma pa nkhondo. Ŵalwani ŵanandi ŵa PLO ŵakakomeka mu nyengo ya nkhondo iyi, nangauli chiŵelengero cawo nchakususkana. Gulu la PLO likuzomera kuti ŵali kutaya ŵasilikari 12 mu Uganda, kusazgapo awo ŵali kufwa na awo ŵasoŵa. Mwakupambana na ivi, ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakayowoya kuti ŵanthu 200 ŵa ku Palestina ŵakakomeka pa nkhondo iyi. Munthu munyake wa ku Pakistan nayo wakakoleka na TPDF pamoza na ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya, ndipo ŵakamufumiska pamanyuma pa nkhondo. Ŵanthu 1,500 ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakakomeka na ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ku Kagera. Avirgan na Honey ŵakati ŵanthu pafupifupi 500 ŵa ku Uganda ŵakakomeka na ŵasilikari wose. Ŵanyake ŵakuti ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakakomeka ku Uganda. Kuyana na Madanjeet Singh, uyo ni muyimiliri wa boma la India, ŵasilikari ŵa boma la Uganda ŵakamba kukoma ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda na ŵenecho caru. A.B.K. Kasozi wakati ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakakomeka na ŵanthu ŵakugomezgeka kwa Amin mu Malichi na Epulero 1979, apo Ogenga Otunnu wakati ŵanthu awo ŵakususka Amin ŵakakoma ŵanthu ŵanandi mu chigaŵa cha West Nile mu nyengo ya nkhondo.
Vyakulembapo na vyakupharazga
Mu Okutobala 1978, apo nkhondo yikambanga, wayilesi ya Radio Tanzania yikapharazga yayi vya nkhondo iyi, apo wayilesi ya Uganda yikapharazga mwakubudika vya nkhondo iyo yikaŵa pafupi kuchitika ku Tanzania. Ŵakati ŵapharazga za nkhondo ya ku Kagera, Radio Tanzania yikamba upharazgi wakukhozga kuti ŵanthu ŵambe kukhozgera nkhondo iyi. Mwaluŵiro, wayilesi ya Tanzania na ya Uganda yikamba kulimbana pa nkhani ya mawayilesi. Mu myezi yakwambilira, ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakapokera vinandi yayi padera pa ivyo Nyerere wakayowoya. Mwaluŵiro boma la Tanzania likakhazikiska "Komiti Yakuphalira Ŵanthu vya Nkhondo". Wupu uwu ukadangiliranga na mulembi mu ofesi ya Unduna wa vya Malango, George Mhina, ndipo ukaŵa na ŵalembi ŵa manyuzipepara gha boma ghaŵiri gha ku Tanzania, mulara wa Radio Tanzania, mulembi wa vya mtende wa pulezidenti Sammy Mdee, na ŵimiliri ŵa TPDF na ŵasilikari. Mhina wakamba kubisa nkhani za nkhondo mwakuti nangauli ŵapharazgi ŵanandi ŵa ku Tanzania na ŵakujambura vithuzithuzi ŵakaluta ku nkhondo, kweni vikaŵanga vichoko waka ivyo ŵakalemba. Mdee na ŵalembi ŵa nyuzipepara ŵakaleka kuwungana na komiti iyi. Kanandi, nyuzipepara ya ku Tanzania yikazomerezgekanga kulemba ivyo yikukhumba mwakuyana na dango, kweni kanandi yikapharazganga mwakupambana na nyuzipepara za boma.
Pakuwona kuti ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakukana kuŵapharazgira, ŵakamba kutegherezga mawayilesi gha ku vyaru vinyake nga ni BBC Radio, Voice of America, Voice of Kenya, Radio South Africa, na Radio Uganda. Ku Dar es Salaam, ŵanthu ŵakaluta ku hotelo ya Kilimanjaro kuti ŵakawone nkhani izo zikayowoyeka na Reuters. Paumaliro, Komiti Yakupharazga yikaphalira ŵanthu kuti ŵaleke kugwiliskira nchito ciŵiya ici. Pa nyengo yose iyo nkhondo yikaŵa mukati, wayilesi ya Radio Tanzania yikapharazganga nkhani zakukondweska, sumu, na mapowemu ghakukhwaskana na nkhondo iyi kweniso yikalumbanga TPDF. Ŵakapenja ŵapharazgi awo ŵakayowoyanga viyowoyero vya ku Uganda ndipo ŵakapharazgiranga ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda. Munthu munyake wa ku Uganda zina lake Sam Odaka, wakendeskanga pulogiramu ya maminiti 45 zuŵa lililose pa wayilesi ya Radio Tanzania. Ungano uwu ukaŵawovwira kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda ŵaleke kopa. SHIHATA wakatemwanga kuyowoya kuti Amin ni "munthu wakuwukira boma".
Apo nkhondo yikambanga, boma la Tanzania likiza na ŵapharazgi ŵanayi ku Kagera kuti ŵalongore kuti charu cha Uganda ndicho chikapoka malo agha. Kufuma apo, ŵapharazgi ŵakazomerezgekanga yayi kuluta ku nkhondo, ntheura chikaŵa chakusuzga kuti waliyose wakhorweske ivyo munyake wayowoya. Ŵapharazgi kanandi ŵakayezganga kuti ŵamanye usange nkhani za ku Uganda ni zaunenesko. Ŵapharazgi ŵa Reuters, Tony Avirgan na Martha Honey, ndiwo ŵakazomerezgeka na Nyerere kuti ŵalute na TPDF apo ŵakanjira mu Uganda. Ŵapharazgi ŵanayi ŵa ku Europe awo ŵakayezga kunjira mu Uganda kufuma ku Kenya mukati mwa nkhondo ŵakakomeka na ŵasilikari ŵa ku Uganda. Ŵapharazgi ŵanandi ŵakalemba nkhani za nkhondo iyi kufuma ku Kenya, chomenechomene ku Nairobi. Kufuma kura, ŵakacemerezganga pa foni ku ŵimiliri ŵa vyaru vinyake mu Kampala, ndipo apo nkhondo yikalutiliranga, ŵakapokera mauthenga kufuma ku ŵanthu ŵa mu msumba uwu.
Kusanda
Ronald Aminzade, uyo wakumanya vya umoyo wa ŵanthu, wakati "cifukwa cikuru" ico ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakathereskera nkhondo iyi nchakuti ŵakaghanaghananga kuti nkhondo iyi njakofya ku caru. Aminzade wakayowoya kuti Uganda "yikatora nkhondo ya vigaŵa ivyo vikukolerana yayi na maghanoghano gha ŵanthu", ndipo yikagwiliskira ntchito ŵasilikari awo ŵakaŵa na mtima wa kughanaghana viheni kweniso ŵakasuskananga. Mlembi wa nyuzipepara Godwin Matatu wakati kutondeka kwa gulu la nkhondo la Uganda kuli cifukwa ca kuleka kugomezgeka kwa ŵasilikari na kugomezga magalimoto na misewu ivyo vikaŵapangiska kuti ŵathereskeke na ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania awo ŵakendanga pasi nyengo yinandi ya nkhondo. Mlembi wa nyuzipepala Anne Abaho wakati Uganda wakataya nkhondo iyi chifukwa cha vinthu vinayi: kusuzgika kwa mukati na kutondeka kwa ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda, kutuma kwa Tanzania mabomba gha BM-21 Grad na kutondeka kwa Uganda kughana nagho, kusoŵa kwa umanyi wa nkhondo, na kukolerana na Libya. Ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵa ku Western ŵakayowoya kuti boma la Tanzania likathereska ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda. Ŵanyake ŵakaghanaghana kuti umo TPDF yikwendera vikulongora kuti maofesi gha ŵasilikari ŵa ku Africa ghasintha comene. William Thom, uyo wakumanya vya nkhondo, wakawonga kuti TPDF yikumanya kutuma ŵasilikari awo ŵali kutali. Kenneth M. Pollack wakati cifukwa ca kutondeka kwa ŵasilikari ŵa ku Libya nchakuti ŵakaŵa na mtima wambura kwenelera kweniso ŵakamanyanga vinandi yayi vya nkhondo. Benoni Turyahikayo-Rugyema wakalemba mu 1998 kuti: "Aŵenge kuti Amin wakanjira yayi mu Kagera Salient mu Tanzania mphanyi wachali kuwusa Uganda".
Ŵasayansi ŵanandi ŵakuwona usange ivyo boma la Tanzania likachita pakunjira mu charu cha Uganda na kufumiska Amin ku ufumu ni vyakuchitika vyachitemwa. Nangauli ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵakuzomerezga kuti ivyo Tanzania yikacita vikaŵa vyacitemwa, kweni ŵanyake ŵakususka fundo iyi, ŵakuti nangauli Tanzania yikacita nkhondo iyi cifukwa ca citemwa, kweni cifukwa cikuru ico yikacitira nthena cikaŵa cakuti yikapoka caru ca Uganda. Boma la Tanzania nalo likasuska Amin kuti wakuchitira nkhaza ŵanthu ŵakwake ndipo likati ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda "ŵakakondwa" na ivyo boma la Tanzania likachita, kweni vikaŵa vyambura kuzomerezgeka. M'malo mwake, likati caru ici cikacita nthena kuti civikilire caru cake ndiposo kuti muwuso wa Amin ukaŵa "wowofya comene ku mtende na civikiliro ca ku East Africa". Emmanuel K., nkhwantha ya cisopa ca Cikhristu Twesigye wakawona nkhondo iyi kuŵa "ciyelezgero ciwemi ca fundo yakuti 'nkhondo njakunyoloka.' Daniel G. Acheson-Brown wakati, kuyana na fundo ya nkhondo yaurunji iyo yikayowoyeka mu buku la Michael Walzer lakuti Just and Unjust Wars, nkhondo ya Tanzania ku Uganda yikaŵa yiwemi cifukwa cakuti yikaŵa ya ŵanthu wose. Acheson-Brown wakayowoyaso kuti ŵasilikari ŵa Uganda ŵakacita "mauryarya ghanandi" pa nyengo ya nkhondo iyi ndipo Tanzania yikacita "vinthu vinyake ivyo vikususka nkhondo", comenecomene apo TPDF yikaparanya Mutukula. Walzer nayo wakawonanga kuti nkhondo iyi yikaŵa nthowa yiwemi yakunjilirapo. Noreen Burrows, nkhwantha ya vya malango, wakalemba kuti nangauli ivyo charu cha Tanzania chikacita pakurwa na Uganda vikapambana na malango gha caru cose, kweni vikaŵa vyakwenelera cifukwa ca fundo zaurunji na za ndyali. Nkhwantha yinyake ya vya malango, zina lake Sean D. Murphy wakalongosora kuti caru ca Tanzania cikapoka caru ca Uganda cifukwa ca "cifukwa ca kujivikilira na kuvikilira wanangwa wa ŵanthu". Pamanyuma, caru ca Belgium cikati cazomera kunjilirapo pa nkhondo ya ku Uganda na Tanzania, cikati cazomera kunjilirapo pa nkhondo ya ku Kosovo.
Uganda
Nkhondo iyo yikacitika na Tanzania yikananga comene cuma ca Uganda, cifukwa cakuti vinthu vikamba kukwera comene ndipo ndalama zikakwera comene. Mu 1979, ŵasilikari ŵa charu cha Uganda ŵakanjira mu charu ichi ndipo nyengo ya kulima yikamara. Nangauli pakaŵa masuzgo agha, kweni ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakakhalanga ku mizi, ndipo nkhondo yikaŵa pa malo ghanyake. Ŵanthu pafupifupi 100,000 ku Uganda ŵakaŵavya pakukhala cifukwa ca nkhondo iyi. Nkhondo iyi yikapangiska kuti paŵe vivulupi vinandi. Amin wakati walekeskeka, magulu ghakupambanapambana gha ndyali na mafuko ghakamba kuphalizgana na kulimbana kuti ŵaŵe na mazaza. Kweniso ukapangiska kuti ubendezi wambeso apo vigeŵenga ivyo vikamanyikwanga na zina lakuti "kondos" ndipo vikaŵa na vilwero ivyo vikaŵa vya TPDF, ŵakugaluka ŵa ku Uganda, na ŵasilikari ŵa Amin, ŵakagwiliskira ntchito uheni uwu kuti ŵapoke vinthu. Ŵanthu ŵakakomekanga cifukwa ca ndyali ndipo ŵanthu ŵakalutilira kutinkhana mu Kampala m'paka mu 1981, cifukwa cakuti pakaŵavya makhoti na ŵapolisi awo ŵakateŵeteranga makora. Mu vigaŵa vya ku mizi mukaŵavya vivulupi, cifukwa malango gha cikaya ghakaŵa na ndondomeko. Mwakusazgirapo, nkhondo iyi yikapangiska kuti vigeŵenga vyambuke mu caru cose, ndipo vikananga comene cilengiwa.
TPDF yikakhala mu Uganda kuti yisungilire mtende, ndipo pamasinda ŵasilikari ŵa Tanzania ŵakababa ŵana ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda. Ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa TPDF ŵakatora ŵanakazi ŵa ku Uganda na kwiza nawo ku Tanzania. Ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵa kumwera kwa Uganda ŵakagomezganga kuti ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakiza na HIV/AIDS mu cigaŵa ici na kuthandazga nthenda iyi mwa kugonana na ŵanthu bweka. Nyengo yikati yajumphapo, ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda ŵakavuka na boma la Tanzania. Pa nyengo yeneyiyo, ŵasilikari ŵa Amin ŵa Uganda ŵakawungana ku Zaire na Sudan, ndipo ŵakanjira mu Uganda mu 1980 ndipo ŵakambiska nkhondo ya mukati mwa chalo iyo yikamanyikwa kuti Uganda Bush War. Ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵa TPDF ŵakafwa pa nyengo ya nkhondo ya Uganda kuluska mu nyengo ya nkhondo ya Uganda-Tanzania. Ŵasilikari ŵaumaliro ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakafumako ku Uganda mu Okutobala 1981. Ŵalongozgi ŵa ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakakhala mu caru mpaka mu 1984.
Nyengo yichoko waka kufuma apo gulu la UNLF likambira kuwusa, mu Uganda mukaŵa suzgo la ndyali. Lule wakasulako mapangano gha Moshi Conference agho ghakulongosora mazaza gha pulezidenti ghakulopwa ndipo wakayezga kulongora kuti wangachita vinthu mwakuyana na mazaza ghakuru agho ghakapelekeka na boma la Uganda pambere Amin wandapange boma. Wakagomezgaso yayi UNLA, iyo wakawonanga kuti yikupangika na ŵakugomezgeka ŵa Obote na Museveni. Pa nyengo yeneyira, Museveni na Oyite-Ojok wose ŵakayezga kuti ŵasazgireko ŵanthu awo ŵakakolerana nawo. Pakuti Lule wakakana kufumba NCC vya mauteŵeti, komiti yikakwiya comene, ndipo pa Juni 20, 1979, yikamuwuskapo. Mubali Godfrey Binaisa, uyo wakaŵa loya mukuru wa boma la Uganda mu nyengo ya Obote, wakasuskanga iyo na Amin. Kuwuskika kwa Lule kukapangiska kuti mu Kampala muŵe viwawa vikuruvikuru na kugazgana pakati pa awo ŵakalongoranga na ŵasilikari ŵa Tanzania awo ŵakayezga kukhozga bata. Nyerere wakapharazga kuti walutilirenge kovwira caru ca Uganda usange cikulutilira kuŵa na boma limoza ndiposo lambura vimbundi. Mu mwezi wakulondezgapo, ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa TPDF ŵakawerako ndipo vivulupi vya ndyali mu Kampala vikakura. Mu Novembala, Binaisa wakamba kopa kuti Muwanga, uyo wakaŵa nduna mu boma, wakunozgekera kuti wawezgereso Obote ku mazaza. Pakulondezga ulongozgi wa Obote, Muwanga wakapharazga kuti Obote walije khumbo la kuwuskapo umukuru wa chalo ndipo wazamukhozgera Binaisa pa chisankho chakulondezgapo. Nga ni umo Obote na Muwanga ŵakaghanaghaniranga, Binaisa wakawona kuti njakuvikilirika ndipo wakawuskapo Museveni, uyo wakaŵa mulwani wa Obote. Vinthu vikalutilira kuhenipa mu Uganda apo ŵasilikari ŵa ku Tanzania ŵakarwa nkhondo na ŵanthu ŵambura mulandu, ndipo Binaisa wakajiŵika pa kugwiliskira nchito ofesi yake kuti wasange ndalama.Mu 1980, Binaisa wakayezga kumuchimbizga Oyite-Ojok pa udindo wake wakuŵa Chief of Staff wa UNLA. Ici cikakwiyiska ŵasilikari ŵanandi ŵa ku Uganda, ndipo Muwanga na Oyite-Ojok, na kuzomerezgeka na Museveni, ŵakamba kufumiska Binaisa. Pa Meyi 12, Komiti ya vya Nkhondo ya NCC yikapharazga kuti yikwamba kuwusa. Nyerere wakakana kunjilirapo, cifukwa wakawopanga kuti TPDF na UNLA viwukenge.
Mwaluŵiro Obote wakawelera ku Uganda ndipo wakamba kunozga UPC pakunozgekera mavoti agho ghakaŵako pa Disembala 10. Chifukwa cha vinthu vinyake ivyo vikachitika, UPC yikathereska pa viphikiro vya pa nyumba ya maparamende ndipo yikambiska boma. Mu Febuluwale 1981, Museveni, wakakanira mavoti, wakapangiska gulu la ŵanthu ŵakugaluka ndipo ŵakamba kuwukira ŵasilikari ŵa UNLA, ndipo ivi vikapangiska kuti paŵe nkhondo ya mukati. Pakati pajumpha nyengo yicoko waka, ŵakambiska gulu liphya la ŵakugaluka lakucemeka National Resistance Movement. Mu 1986, Museveni wakawuskapo boma la Uganda na kuŵa pulezidenti.
Tanzania
Nkhondo iyi yikamba pa nyengo iyo chuma cha Tanzania chikamba kuwelera nyuma ya chilangalanga mu 1974 na 1975. Maofesi ghose gha boma ghakakanizgika kugwira ntchito, kupaturako ya kuvikilira. Nyerere wakayowoya mu Janyuwale 1979 kuti mulimo wa TPDF wa kufumiska ŵanthu ŵa ku Uganda ukakhumbikwiranga kuti ndalama za charu ichi zileke kugwiliskirika ntchito pa mulimo wa vyakuzenga. Ŵasayansi ŵakuti nkhondo iyi yikananga vinthu vinandi chomene ku ŵanthu ŵa ku Tanzania. Ku Kagera, katundu wakukwana $108 miliyoni wakaparanyika. Pa nyengo ya nkhondo, vyaru vinyake vya mu wupu wa OAU vikapeleka yayi wovwiri ku Tanzania. Pa cifukwa ici, boma la Dar es Salaam likakhumbikwiranga kupeleka ndalama zakwendeskera nkhondo ya ku Uganda na ntchito yakulondezgapo ya kusungilira mtende kufuma ku ndalama zake, ndipo ici cikapangiska kuti caru ciŵe mu ukavu. Chifukwa cha suzgo la ndalama, vyakurya vikasoŵa ndipo ŵanthu ŵakasuzgikanga chomene. Ku Tanzania, nkhondo yikaŵa kuti yaluta panthazi chomene m'paka apo charu cha Uganda chikawezgera ngongoli yake mu 2007.
Apo ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵakamba kuwelera ku Tanzania, ŵasilikari ŵacoko waka ndiwo ŵakawerako ku nkhondo. Ŵalongozgi ŵa ŵasilikari ŵakamba kunozga vinthu vinyake kuti ŵasazgireko ŵasilikari awo ŵakaŵa mu nyengo ya nkhondo. Ŵanyake mu gulu la ŵasilikari ŵakasuska cifukwa ca suzgo la vya ndalama mu Tanzania, ndipo cuma ca caru ici cikasuzgika comene mwakuti ŵasilikari ŵa TPDF ŵakeneranga kumazga ŵasilikari ŵanandi. Ndipouli, TPDF yikasungilira ŵasilikari ŵanandi mu gulu la ŵasilikari, ndipo yikaghanaghananga kuti ŵangaŵawovwira kuti ŵalangure ŵasilikari para ŵakukhumbikwira kuŵapempha kuti ŵambeso kuteŵetera. Nkhondo yikati yamara, TPDF yikalutilira kuŵa yikuru kuluska iyo yikaŵako pambere nkhondo yindambe.