UGANDA

NATIONAL CONFLICTS
that people from their district who had been living in the Luwero Triangle were affected
by violence both during and after the Bush War. After the NRA victory, they were
stigmatised and targeted as Obote supporters and forced to flee. 170 These reports attest
to the national scope of the instability caused by the Bush War. The conflict continued
until January 1986, when the NRM seized Kampala under command of now President
Yoweri Museveni. Obote had already been overthrown just half a year earlier by
UNLA Brigadier Basilio Olara Okello and Tito Okello, chairman of the Military Council.
Museveni had entered into the Nairobi Peace Talks with them to negotiate an end to the
war. 171 These failed when Museveni’s forces captured Kampala and took control of the
Government in 1986. Though this brought an end to the Bush War, participants noted
that it precipitated future insurgencies such as the Holy Spirit Movement and the Lord’s
Resistance Army.
22. Overthrow of Milton Obote by Tito Okello Lutwa (1985)
Milton Obote’s second presidential administration, which began with a
contested election in 1980, deteriorated
due to both
external pressure
from several rebel groups and internal divisions
170 Research conducted in Tororo District
171 Research conducted in Mukono District
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