UGANDA

NATIONAL CONFLICTS
Conference in 1979. 152 With the support of President Nyerere’s Tanzania People’s Defence
Force (TPDF), which was fighting to defend Tanzania’s national sovereignty against the
belligerent Amin regime, the UNLA forces successfully took Kampala in April, 1979. 153 Yusuf
Lule was installed as President on 11 April, shortly to be replaced by Godfrey Binaisa. 154
Within months, the Military Commission of the National Liberation Council took power,
headed by Paulo Muwanga and supported by Army Commander David Oyite Ojok. 155
Obote was later declared President after elections were held in December 1980.
Most participants who mentioned this conflict referred to it as a war of liberation, and
152 Field Brief from Luwero; Tindigarukayo, J. (1988) Uganda, 1979-85: Leadership in transition. The Journal
of Modern African Studies 26(4) pp. 607-22
153 Fall of Idi Amin (1979) Economic and Political Weekly, 14 (21) (1979), pp. 907-10; Southall, Aidan. (1980)
Social disorganisation in Uganda: Before, during and after Amin. The Journal of Modern African Studies
18 (4), p. 627-56
154 Jørgensen, J. (1981) Uganda: a modern history. New York, St. Martin’s Press.
155 Southall, 651; Field Briefs from Luwero and Bulambuli
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