When Uganda’s first military coup took place 47 years ago, today (January 25), Edward Ochwo was a Clerk to Parliament, Charles Byekwaso was a civil servant with Radio Uganda, while Abasi Mukasa was a Primary One pupil at Nsambya Railways Primary School.
The three share their unique recollections with Henry Lubega of what unfolded in Kampala on the day the Ugandan military, led by Gen Idi Amin, carried out a coup against the government of president Milton Obote on January 25, 1971.
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