CHAOS IN GEN TITO'S UNCORDINATED REGIME - PT 1: BY DEC,1985 KAMPALA WAS CONTROLLED BY 5 RIVAL ARMIES

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December 1985 was one of the most dangerous times in Uganda’s history, for the country was now divided into two. One area was controlled by President Tito Okello’s Military Council government, the other by Yoweri Museveni’s rebel National Resistance Movement. Kampala City was also divided among five allied armies, which could also fight each other.
The Military Council was a union of the government army, UNLA and rebel groups that had been fighting the Obote regime. These included Dr. Kayiira’s UFM, Lt. Col. Nkwanga’s FEDEMU, Brig. Ali’s UNRF, Maj. Gen. Lumago’s FUNA along with some other smaller armed groups.
Peace talks between Military Council and NRM were going on in Nairobi while fighting was also raging mainly at Katonga Bridge. This is when this press conference took place, amidst accusations that government had imported Sudanese mercenaries called Anya-Nya to help crush Museveni’s NRA. That all these armies later united under the NRM only came after NRA captured power in January 1986, which is another story.
For now, here is a dose of the chaos that prevailed during Gen. Okello’s six months in power, only available at OwanaPaedia.
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