Idi Amin Part 3: ‘Big Daddy’ Seizes Power
Real Dictators
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The Obote Government's Response to Gonda Activists
After the battle of mango hill, the obote government legally and politically abolished all the bugondas kingdoms. The uganda people's congress still provides the fig leaf of democracy for abote's autocratic rule. But within this party, paranoia is rife. Some in the u pc are mindful of the rise of idiamine. He's moved swiftly on to becoming a general. Now every time you look, he 's received another promotionThe army seems increasingly to be fashioned in amin's own image. Critics demand immediate military reform. Abote is too wily to appear visibly suspicious. He knows he has to keep his friends close and his enemies closer still.
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