Dani Wadada Nabudere, 1932–2011: an uncompromising revolutionary

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The Uganda People's Congress (UPC) was a radical nationalist party. Its then secretary general, John Kakonge, had broad communist leanings, and had a strong following among the youth wing of the party, among them Nabudere. At the Gulu Conference in 1964, the left wing was outmanoeuvred by Obote and the mainstream party leadership.

The first administration of the UNLF government under President Lule lasted only six months. In September 1979 he was ousted from power by a vote of no confidence moved in the transitional parliament, the NCC. He was, in other words, democratically removed, and replaced by President Binaisa. It was the Binaisa administration that was then removed from power by the military led by the forces of Obote and Museveni, backed by Tanzania.

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Yash Tandon

Independent scholar, and former Executive Director of the South Centre