In 1966 Prime Minister Milton Obote promoted himself to the Presidency and ordered an attack on the Kabaka’s palace at Mengo. The Kabaka escaped by jumping over the the12-foot wall that surrounds the palace. This video shows smoke rising from burning buildings in the palace compound. Footage of “Twekobe” after it was ransacked by government troops loyal to Milton Obote. Trucks transporting prisoners. Milton Obote's press conference. Interview with a man whose family worked in the service of the
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The Obote Revolution 1966 On May 24th 1966 the first president of Uganda, Sir Edward Mutesa, fled into exile. He fled following an attack on his Palace “Lubiri”, by government forces on the orders of self-imposed President Milton Obote. After a day-long battle, in which the army deployed tanks and heavy artillery, the Kabaka and his defenders’ small arms could not hold the palace against the attacking force. Thousands of people were massacred in this attack. The 1966 crisis, as it is known, star
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