THE FALL OF AMIN:
Why Yusuf Lule was removed
from office after only 68 days
In part eight of our series on the fall of Idi Amin’s military government, Timothy Kalyegira explains why Yusuf Kironde Lule was thrown out of office after one of the shortest stints ever as president: -
When he was elected at the unity conference of the Ugandan exiles in the northern Tanzanian town of Moshi in March 1979, the former Principal of Makerere University College, Prof. Yusuf Kironde Lule, became the chairman of the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) and therefore President of the Republic of Uganda after the fall of Idi Amin.
Having been welcomed by millions of Ugandans in an outpouring of emotion on April 13, 1979, Lule’s presidency appeared promising. He was the compromise candidate who would appeal to a broader cross section of the population than any other political leader at the time. Well-educated, soft-spoken, mild-mannered, Lule was the very antithesis of the rambling Idi Amin….click on for more>>>>
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