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South Africa intelligence tipped me that I was in danger
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FDC President Col. (RTD) DR. WARREN KIZZA
BESIGYE KIFEFE has been in exile twice. In
the first part of Besigye’s life in exile published
in The Weekly Observer last week, he told MICHAEL
MUBANGIZI how during his first exile in Nairobi, he
left his girlfriend behind to join the NRA bush war
in Luwero.
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I was tortured, humiliated by Mugisha Muntu |
| GEORGE OKURAPA
is now a social worker in Toronto, Canada. Years ago,
he was a popular Makerere University guild president
(1985-86) who took over from an equally popular student
leader, Ogenga Otunnu. Otunnu later became a Foreign
Affairs Minister in the short-lived Gen. Tito Okello
Lutwa government (1985-86). |
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Museveni fooled us |
| FDC Vice President and
Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, SAM KALEGA NJUBA,
went to exile in Kenya when the National Resistance
Army (NRA) led by Yoweri Museveni launched a guerilla
campaign with an attack on Kabamba Military Training
School in 1981. |
| When
freedom fighters become fascists |
| Former IGG and FDC Deputy
Secretary General AUGUSTINE RUZINDANA went
into exile in Tanzania to fight former president Idi
Amin in 1972. |
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I was smarter than Amin |
| Former
minister, MP, now member of the Judicial Service Commission,
HENRY KYEMBA, worked closely with
both former presidents Milton Obote and Idi Amin.
In his acclaimed book, The State of Blood, Kyemba
gives an account of Amin’s tyranny. |
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We wanted to hit OAU delegates |
| Former
East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) member YONASANI
KANYOMOZI went into exile in 1971 during
the turbulent reign of President Idi Amin Dada.
In ‘My Life in exile’ this week, Kanyomozi
tells MICHAEL MUBANGIZI how the arrest
of prominent Ankole politicians led to his flight
to exile. |
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Why I'll never go back to exile |
| FDC spokesman and former
Daily Monitor chief executive, PHILIP WAFULA
OGUTTU, was in exile between 1976 and 1979.
In My Life in Exile series this week, he tells MICHAEL
MUBANGIZI how Amin’s rule forced him
into exile and how people in exile achieved little as
they were always in seminars and conferences. |
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Bullied for being Obote's son |
| Lira Municipality MP,
JIMMY AKENA, has lived the better part of his life to
exile in Tanzania, Zambia and Kenya. He went to his
first exile before his fifth birthday in 1971 when Idi
Amin overthrew the government of Dr. A. M. Obote, his
father, on January 25, 1971. |
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Generals Tito, Bazilio Okello sold fish, charcoal in
Tanzania |
| Former
presidential candidate and legislator AGGREY
AWORI has twice been in exile. In our continuing
My Life in Exile series, he tells MICHAEL
MUBANGIZI how he escaped from house arrest
after the 1971 Amin coup to flee to Kenya. Awori also
narrates how former president, Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa,
fell on hard times while in exile in Tanzania and
resorted to selling dry fish in order to make ends
meet. |
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29 years in exile |
| UPC President,
MIRIA KALULE OBOTE, deserves the
title 'Mother of exile' having lived for 29 years
(1971-1980, 1985-2005) in exile in Kenya, Tanzania
and Zambia. |
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Kanyeihamba disguised as houseboy into exile |
| Supreme
Court Judge GEORGE WILLIAM KANYEIHAMBA
has served in all the three arms of government in
different regimes as a minister, legislator and now
judge. He participated in political campaigns that
saw the overthrow of former presidents Idi Amin and
Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa. He has lived in exile twice. |
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Museveni is the best, but change is a must |
Supreme Court Judge
GEORGE WILLIAM KANYEIHAMBA has served
in all the three arms of government in different regimes
as a minister, legislator and now judge. He participated
in political campaigns that saw the overthrow of former
presidents Idi Amin and Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa. He
has lived in exile twice. |
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