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KAMPALA - It is exactly 59 years since Uganda got independence. New Vision brings you a pictorial display of some of the moments captured on October 9, 1962. 

(Above) The Uganda flag was raised.

As the Uganda flag was raised, the Union Jack was lowered before the stroke of midnight.

Obote swearing in as Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda at Kololo in Kampala.

Some of the people who attended the Independence Day celebrations at Kololo on October 9, 1962.

State opening of Parliament on Independence Day in 1962.

Milton Obote receiving the instruments of power from a British officer at Kololo on October 9, 1962.

A British officer takes the salute during a parade mounted by the armed forces at Kololo in Kampala on October 9, 1962.

British officials with Obote at Kololo.

A british official and Kabaka Mutesa on Independence Day in 1962 AT Bulange Mengo, in Kampala.

Some of the People who attended the Independence Day celebrations at Kololo on October 9, 1962.

Obote at the State House on October 9, 1962.