28 years of NRM

Jan 27, 2014

It has been 28 years since the National Resistance Army (NRA) took over Kampala and ushered in the longest stretch of single administration rule since independence in 1962

28 years of NRM

LIBERATION DAY
JOINING HANDS FOR A BETTER FUTURE

What will the NRM’s most enduring legacy be?

By Paul Busharizi

It has been 28 years since the National Resistance Army (NRA) took over Kampala and ushered in the longest stretch of single administration rule since independence in 1962. It is a good time to look back, and at the same time peer into the future to determine what the NRM’s legacy will look like when viewed by future generations Click here for more..

How the NRA dispelled fear of men in uniform

Whenever a government is toppled, there is always chaos. Those who stay around the barracks have to flee in fear that they will be attacked by soldiers. This happened in most of the regime changes in Uganda before 1986, the worst being Amin’s regime.Click here for more

The fiercest battles during the NRA war

By Joshua Kato

Many battles were fought during the course of the five-year NRA liberation war. However, some of these battles were more fundamental than others and influenced the course of the war. Some of those battles include: Click here for more..

The rise and fall of the LC system

By John Masaba

It is midday. In the dust-fi lled paths at Banda, a city suburb. A man in his early 50s is arranging his grocery shop. The activity is interrupted from time to time by shoppers as the man leaps at the opportunity to serve them. As a female shopper walks in, the greeting ‘Gyebale ko chairman’ echoes out in the tiny fruit stall. Click here for more..

UPDF has successfully fought rebellion in Uganda

By Watuwa Timbiti
The gun rather than the vote had dominated political change in Uganda since independence, observes From Chaos to Order: The Politics of Constitution Making in Uganda, a Fountain Publishers publication on the economic and military changes in the country. Click here for more..

The Museveni generation

By Gilbert Kidimu
From handwritten letters to smartphones, from walking miles to school to being dropped and picked with a car, from Uganda Television (UTV) to a hundred TV channels; to say the Museveni generation is a tad different from the pre-Museveni generation is an understatement Click here for more..

I served in several Uganda armies

By Joshua Kato

Brig. Gen. Bernard Rwehururu would have become so many things in life. A priest for example, a teacher of sorts or a lawyer. However, he became a soldier — a soldier, who served in most of Uganda’s armed forces from the mid-60s up to 2013, when he finally retired. His story in many ways typifies the ups and downs of Uganda’s military history Click here for more.

Key guns in the capture of Kampala

By Joshua Kato

The AK-47 semiautomatic rifle was the commonest gun used during the capture of Kampala by National Resistance Army (NRA). However, there are guns that left a big mark throughout the war. These include the 14.5mm, the BM-21 and machine guns.Click here for more..

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