Tag Archives: Recounts

Manafwa – President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday recounted a dramatic escape from death during the regime of former President Idi Amin, describing how he survived an armed pursuit by government soldiers decades ago. Speaking at a campaign rally in Manafwa District, Museveni narrated how in 1973 he once found himself trapped between two groups — Amin’s soldiers chasing him from …

Soroti City — President Yoweri Museveni on Monday revisited the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) wartime exploits in Teso, recalling how government forces used air power to defeat a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels group led by Vincent Otti nearly two decades ago. Addressing thousands of supporters at a campaign rally in Soroti City, Museveni narrated how the Uganda People’s Defence …

Ugandan opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) president Bobi Wine has spoken out about a terrifying late-night raid at a hotel in Lira City, where he was resting after a day of campaign activities. In a statement released on Thursday morning, Bobi Wine — whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu — detailed how a group of armed men …