ON May 24, 1966, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, Dr. Apollo Milton Obote, ordered the invasion of Lubiri (Buganda’s palace) on grounds that the Kabaka, Sir Edward Muteesa II ...

Failed coup. In the first of our new series of failed coups in Uganda, Faustin Mugabe revisits when president and Buganda King Edward Mutesa II almost toppled prime minister Milton Obote in 1966 ...

The 1966 Mengo Crisis resulted from a conflict between Prime Minister Milton Obote and the Kabaka of Buganda, Sir Edward Mutesa II, culminating in a military assault upon the Lubiri, Mutesa’s ...

Mutesa's escape into exile followed an attack on Lubiri, where he resided, by government forces on the orders of prime minister Apollo Milton ... Obote's Uganda People's Congress (UPC) and Kabaka ...

Milton Obote, 80, Uganda's first prime ... At the time, Uganda was ruled by King Mutesa II. In 1966, Mr. Obote staged a coup against the king and declared himself president. He later instituted ...

But, as Milton Obote found out to his cost ... That is why we insist "King" Mumbere is not Kabaka Mutesa II.

Milton Obote, the former President ... Foremost among these kingdoms was Buganda, whose ruler - or Kabaka - was Sir Edward Frederick Mutesa II, known as "King Freddie". In March 1961 King ...

Milton Obote, Uganda’s first prime minister after independence, who led regimes known for corruption and brutality, died Monday in South Africa. He was 80. Obote, who was overthrown by the ...

In 1966, Prime Minister Milton Obote imposed a new constitution on Uganda and abolished the ceremonial presidency held by Kabaka (King) Edward Mutesa II. Obote declared himself executive president ...

ON May 24, 1966, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, Dr. Apollo Milton Obote, ordered the invasion of Lubiri (Buganda's palace) on grounds that the Kabaka, Sir Edward Muteesa II ...

Milton Obote was one of the last survivors of ... alliance with the monarchist Baganda party, allowing the Kabaka (king) - Mutesa II - the ceremonial presidency so that he could be the executive ...