Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: The war. in the north has come to attract a great; deal of attention, not only internally "but also internationally.This is not simply because. of the casualities inflicted on the rebels as well as on civilians who have been caught in the savage crossfire of the war.The war has attracted the attention of the world "because it-has come to be seen as a real test for effectiveness or otherwise of the NRM Administration.The enemies of the.NRM see it as a God-sent gift not only to discredit the Government of President Museveni in the eyes of the outside world but, perhaps more important for them, as a means of crippling the efforts of our Movement to rescue our country from the vicious circle of savageness, poTerty and incessant sufferings which have X-bedevilled our land for so long.It is important to recall a few facts before we plunge into the story.It will be remembered that when, in January 1986, the NRM/HRA forces stormed into Kampala, and captured state power, the old system that, had been used by the past j.•«?. r. dictatorial regimes from Amin to Obote and Okello-Lutwa was swept away.Peace returned to our land.But it: was not until about March 1986 that-the remnants of the UKLA soldiers * • were completely routed in hot pursuit all the way through the east to the north of our.country..Many o'i the TOLA :soldiers surrendered to the IMA and many of them have, subsequently been absorbed into the national army.There we *Fbr.the information contained in the first part of this essay, I am indebted to Kale's: article, ''War in Northern Uganda:
Author: Phares M. Mutibwa
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W32889873