Uganda+History

The History of Uganda


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Internal self-government was granted to the country of Uganda by Britain in 1961 when the people of Uganda held their first elections on March 1st of the same calendar year. Their very first Chief Minister was Benedicto Kiwanuka of the Democratic Party and a second round of elections in the following year allowed Milton Obote to become the majority leader of the coalition, the prime minister, and the one to lead Uganda to its independence on October 9, 1962. After nine years as the prime minister, the commander of the armed forces, Idi Amin Dada pushed Obote out of the government and declared himself president while also giving himself absolute power after amendments to the constitution. During his eight years as president, Uganda was subjected to economic decline, social disintegration, and some massive human rights violations.

  Under Idi Amin's dictatorial rule, it is recorded that he was responsible for the deaths of approximately 300,000 opponents; meanwhile, Milton Obote took the lives of another 100,000 people through acts of guerrilla war and human rights abuses.

Information Gathered From: [|http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2963.htm#profile]

**© 2012 Corey Michael Sharp - Revised April 25th, 2012 ** **Email: cmshar2@ilstu.edu ** **Ph: 309-251-0009 **