Word: kampala
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kampala, the capital, much of the terror is committed by Big Daddy's personal goon squad, the 3,000-man Public Safety Unit. Like Haiti's feared Tonton Macoute, members of the squad are almost always dressed in sports shirts and wear dark glasses even at night. They are given to cruising Kampala streets in their Peugeots, stopping occasionally to pick up a suspect. The unlucky victim is pushed into the car, driven off and seldom seen again...
...argue with rifle-bearing privates and to never, ever, look at a soldier's girl friend. The army is now so far beyond the law that it is believed responsible for thousands of killings that Amin never ordered. The sound of small-arms fire is a feature of Kampala evenings. "The army is machine-gunning the moon to save Uganda from invasion," say Kampalans bitterly. Outwardly one of Africa's most placidly beautiful capitals, the city is gripped by fear...
Effects of the commission's report were soon felt in Kampala. There was little that Amin could do about the Geneva-based jurists, but he was not at a loss for convenient targets. Accusing the British of instigating the report (the commission's secretary-general is London Barrister Niall MacDermot), Amin first threatened to expel Uganda's 1,500 Britons on 48 hours notice, then backed down from the deadline at the behest of Kenya's President Jomo Kenyatta. But he warned that "drastic action" would still be taken if Britain's "vicious anti-Uganda...
...year Amin divorced three of his four wives. Last month Mama Malyamu, 36, Amin's first wife and mother of six of his 14 children, was charged with smuggling, fined $95 and held in jail for two weeks. Last week Kay Amin, mother of four, was seized in Kampala, allegedly in possession of a submachine gun and ammunition. According to Radio Uganda, a contrite Kay was escorted to Parliament at her own request to apologize to her ex-husband. Amin, according to the radio report, directed his erstwhile helpmeet "never to involve herself in dirty activities nor be deceived...
Meanwhile, some 70 Lugbara soldiers rolled up to the headquarters of the Malire mechanized battalion in Kampala, commandeered a tank, blasted down the door and looted the armory. But instead of moving immediately to secure strong points in the capital, they made instead for Makindye prison to free Lugbara colleagues. It was a fatal mistake. Amin rounded up loyal troops and counterattacked. Arube was surprised by pro-Amin soldiers, who shot and killed...