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The first woman to take up arms against Obote (Part II)

Before joining Yoweri Museveni's NRA, Wanyana’s unit attempted to attack Entebbe Airport by marching from Matugga to a village close to the airport. 

The first woman to take up arms against Obote (Part II)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

Wanyana started participating in UFM clandestine operations in December 1980 after Obote was sworn in as president. Obote’s return aggrieved Wanyana’s elder sister Florence Namissango, since she was a staunch

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Sgt. Margaret Wanyana
Milton Obote
Andrew Kayiira
Fred Rwigyema
War
Politics
Uganda Freedom Movement
National Resistance Army
NRA
Yoweri Museveni