UNLA did not kill Magara, says UPC
Feb 09, 2005
THE Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) did not kill NRA’s first commander Lt. Col. Samuel Emmanuel Magara, Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) said yesterday.
THE Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) did not kill NRA’s first commander Lt. Col. Samuel Emmanuel Magara, Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) said yesterday.
Fortunate Ahimbisibwe reports that UPC presidential policy commission chairman Dr. James Rwanyarare said Magara was gunned down on August 23, 1982 due to power struggles within the National Resistance Army (NRA).
He said this during the party’s weekly press briefing at Uganda House.
“We have information that Magara died in a struggle feud for the leadership of NRA. UNLA had no hand in the death though they would have rejoiced and boasted of such a feat,†Rwanyarare said.
However, Uganda’s high commissioner to Tanzania Katenta-Apuuli recently told mourners that Obote’s soldiers killed Magara as he tried to escape from his house at Mengo on August 23, 1982. Apuuli said his niece tipped off the soldiers.
Rwanyarare said the party would re-open branches at parish level in April.
“We shall hold a delegates’ conference where new party leaders would be elected,†he said.
Rwanyarare said they were working hard to prevent their members from defecting to the Forum for Democratic Change.
Fortunate Ahimbisibwe reports that UPC presidential policy commission chairman Dr. James Rwanyarare said Magara was gunned down on August 23, 1982 due to power struggles within the National Resistance Army (NRA).
He said this during the party’s weekly press briefing at Uganda House.
“We have information that Magara died in a struggle feud for the leadership of NRA. UNLA had no hand in the death though they would have rejoiced and boasted of such a feat,†Rwanyarare said.
However, Uganda’s high commissioner to Tanzania Katenta-Apuuli recently told mourners that Obote’s soldiers killed Magara as he tried to escape from his house at Mengo on August 23, 1982. Apuuli said his niece tipped off the soldiers.
Rwanyarare said the party would re-open branches at parish level in April.
“We shall hold a delegates’ conference where new party leaders would be elected,†he said.
Rwanyarare said they were working hard to prevent their members from defecting to the Forum for Democratic Change.