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 ...

Kabaka Mutesa II himself escaped the compound during a ... the Move to the Left was a policy direction undertaken by Milton Obote in the period 1968–1971. Despite nominally being a move towards ...

High on a red hill above the sunburned plains of Equatorial Africa, in the hereditary palace surrounded by flame trees, Mutesa II, 35th directly descended Kabaka (ruler) of Buganda, one of Uganda ...

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 ...

Kampala — MPs from Buganda region have called upon the Baganda to forgive what former President Milton Obote did to the ... to attack the Lubiri (Kabaka Mutesa's residence).

This month marks 45 years since the body of the late Sir Edward Mutesa II was returned to Uganda ... the orders of Prime Minister, Dr. Apollo Milton Obote. At the time of the attack, Mutesa ...

Milton Obote. 50 years ago - on April 15, 1966 - Obote suspended the Ugandan constitution and proclaimed himself president. By so doing, he deposed Edward Mutesa II, who was at the time king of ...

The one of Sir Edward Mutesa II is mainly made of backcloth ... back on October 9, 1962. “Kabaka Mutesa was a traditional leader and Milton Obote a political leader, but the two formed a ...