Amin had attacked and annexed part of Tanzania in retaliation to President Julius Nyerere's sheltering of the overthrown
Obote and other Ugandans opposed to his regime.
During the end of
Obote's rule, the governor of Ugandan, Sir Walter Coutts, had warned
Obote that Amin "could cause you trouble in the future" (p.
East African leaders Kenyatta, Nyerere, and Milton
Obote of Uganda met numerous times between 1962 and 1964 to discuss Federation.
Within a climate of stability post Idi Amin and prime minister Milton
Obote, Uganda achieved remarkable economic growth from 1986 to 2012.
Which military dictator overthrew Milton
Obote in Uganda in 1971?
During the next couple years,
Obote moved fitfully but steadily against the major opposition political party.
I was in Kampala in 1985 when Milton
Obote was deposed for the second time.
In 1971, Idi Amin seized power in Uganda by ousting President Milton
Obote in a military coup.
As in most post-colonial African nations, tribalism caused a great deal of political and civil unrest and in 1966 Prime Minister Milton
Obote suspended the constitution and ruled by decree.
Brutality was the rule, and many an African big man built his authority on the foundation of a ruthlessly efficient secret police, notably Jean-Bedel Bokassa in the Central African Republic and Milton
Obote, and later Idi Amin, in Uganda.
Uganda was a British colony for almost 70 years; when the country received independence in 1962, Milton
Obote became its first prime minister.
During his return visits, accompanied by his wife, in 1996 and 2000, he saw the country recovering, from the Amin amd
Obote years, under President Museveni.
