In Brief
Oct 11, 2005
MPs call<br>By Apollo Mubiru<br>The Lango Parliamentary Group (LPG) has described former president Milton Obote as a father of the nation who should be accorded a state burial.
MPs call
By Apollo Mubiru
The Lango Parliamentary Group (LPG) has described former president Milton Obote as a father of the nation who should be accorded a state burial.
Addressing the press yesterday, LPG chairperson Dr. Okullo Epak said it was Obote who was entrusted with the instruments of power at independence and that he was the one who granted Uganda a republic status.
Kayunga sad
By Kibuuka Lumu
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) supporters have said Dr. Milton Obote championed the struggle for independence. “Though he did bad things to the Baganda, he should be remembered in terms of Uganda’s independence,†David Kikomeko, the district UPC chairman, told journalists at his office yesterday.
Party grieves
By Herbert Ssempogo
Action Party has mourned former president Milton Obote.
Party president Nelson Ocheger yesterday said, “All of us received with shock news that the man who received the instruments of power in 1962 had passed away. We are saddened because it has occurred at a time when we are about to make important political decisions,†Ocheger said.
By Apollo Mubiru
The Lango Parliamentary Group (LPG) has described former president Milton Obote as a father of the nation who should be accorded a state burial.
Addressing the press yesterday, LPG chairperson Dr. Okullo Epak said it was Obote who was entrusted with the instruments of power at independence and that he was the one who granted Uganda a republic status.
Kayunga sad
By Kibuuka Lumu
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) supporters have said Dr. Milton Obote championed the struggle for independence. “Though he did bad things to the Baganda, he should be remembered in terms of Uganda’s independence,†David Kikomeko, the district UPC chairman, told journalists at his office yesterday.
Party grieves
By Herbert Ssempogo
Action Party has mourned former president Milton Obote.
Party president Nelson Ocheger yesterday said, “All of us received with shock news that the man who received the instruments of power in 1962 had passed away. We are saddened because it has occurred at a time when we are about to make important political decisions,†Ocheger said.