They changed the election results. Then they chanted his name: go into exile. Uganda's 1980 election went to his Democratic Party. Paulo Muwanga, chairing the military commission, banned anyone from announcing the results and changed them for the UPC. Back at Makerere, UPC students marched to his room in the evenings, stamping and calling out his name. These were very tense times. His memoir drops next year. This is Part 2 of the story. #Memoir #Africa #Uganda #Stories #History

He led students into the 1980 election. It cost him his country. He was the Democratic Party's student leader at Makerere, deep in the politics of 1980. Uganda had just watched a president installed by Tanzania removed after 68 days. Then came an election his party won handily. That election was just the beginning. His memoir drops next year. This is Part 1 of the story. #Memoir #Africa #Uganda #Stories #History