Uganda@50
Indiscipline reigns in NRA army
Christopher Lubega, one of the child soldiers, who fought up to Kampala during the NRA struggle. The army at the time was accused of committing various atrocities.
Posted Monday, December 10 2012 at 14:00
In Summary
A balanced view. Since history is often rendered as the story of the victors, this series on Ugandan history from 1985 to 2012 is attempting to give Ugandans a clear and balanced understanding of their country from the point of view of both the victors (the NRM) and the vanquished (the UNLA, the UFM, FEDEMU, the UPC government and the Acholi and Teso rebels).
A rowdy officer called Jet Mwebaze was the NRA’s commander in charge of security for Kampala in 1986.
Like Rwigyema, Mwebaze was an ardent bar and nightclub regular and the life of the party. Mwebaze was often involved in bar brawls which became widely known in Kampala but never made it into the print media.
However, these incidents in Kampala and Entebbe in which army officers took the law in their own hands or where involved in outright robbery and car jacking, pale into insignificance when compared with what the NRA was doing in northern and northeastern Uganda.
In Acholi and Teso, a reign of terror and destruction unprecedented in Ugandan history was taking place.
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Continues tomorrow
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