As the victors swept through Kampala streets, citizens cheered and welcomed the liberating forces. This was January 26, 1986, a new era; an end to misrule was ushered in. It was a watershed! Lutwa and his fighters fled in disarray.
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In 1996, Museveni was sworn in by former Chief Justice Samuel Wako Wambuzi as the country’s first directly-elected president.
The National Resistance Army (NRA) guerillas led by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni attacked Kampala and overran the regime of Tito Okello Lutwa. Less than a year in power, the Uganda National
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