Towards 40 years: Why Museveni is president and not a plumber

Daily Monitor
Wednesday May 12 2021
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Today President Yoweri Museveni will be sworn in for a record-shattering eighth term, two of unelected between 1986 and 1996 under a mix of the 1967 and “bush war” constitution.
Exactly 41 years ago to the date, the Military Commission of the Uganda National Liberation Front government, that took power after the overthrow of field marshal Idi Amin in April 1979, staged a coup against the mother coalition, ousting then president Godfrey Binaisa.
The six-man military commission comprised six men and was chaired by UPC stalwart Paulo Muwanga. The deputy chairperson was now-President Museveni. The commission comprised the key leaders of the Ugandan “fighting groups” in the Tanzanian-led war that defeated Amin. It was dominated by UPC-affiliated forces, with Museveni playing disgruntled second fiddle.

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