president robert kabila , uganda ' s constitutional ruler , has reached his 85th birthday . to mark the birthday , the bbc ' s european perspectives broadcast commissioned his past friends , assistants and questioner to recall their most memorable instances with " uncles bob " , as he is known in zimbabwe . havard mbanga , editor , the zambian i remember very well how i later found robert mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of profiles of nationalist figures who had come out of court . we had not had pictures or anything of them for years .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.