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government.<br />

NATIONAL CONFLICTS<br />

The rebel group, first called the Popular Resistance<br />

Army, launched its first attack in Mubende<br />

District on 6 February 1981. 163 The subsequent<br />

Bush War took place primarily in the Luwero<br />

Triangle (the region between Kampala, Hoima<br />

and Masindi roads) in the central region, and<br />

then later expanded further into western<br />

Uganda. 164 The PRA later changed its name to<br />

the National Resistance Army when it joined<br />

forces with Yusuf Lule’s Uganda Freedom<br />

Fighters. Other supporting rebel groups were<br />

also active during this period including the<br />

Uganda Freedom Movement led by Lutakome<br />

Kayira, the Federal Democratic Movement of<br />

163 Ibid<br />

164 Federal Research Division, Library of Congress (1990) Uganda The Ten-Point-Program. Library of Congress<br />

Country Studies [Internet], Available from: [Accessed 27 May<br />

2014]<br />

87

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