UGANDA'S FLAWED ELECTIONS: December 10, 1980; polling day Museveni challenges Kuteesa’s win in court

"Let us be inspired by our neighbours and friends- Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Learn Kenya's harambee, the spirit of pulling together, Tanzania's self-reliance and Zambia's spirit of humanism," Obote said after swearing in as President.

"I pledge a government of law and not of men. To DP, which was still smarting from the unexpected defeat, Obote was categorical, urging the party to take up its position as the opposition in Parliament.

"Our destiny is the same. We either rise or sink together," he said. Obote's main challenges as he assumed office, as he saw it, was the "plenty of guns in the hands of criminals, the economy and shattered infrastructure."