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...Milton Hilton. Obote, who took two years in politics and economics at Makerere University College in Kampala, is cunning and tough. Five years of his rule have brought Uganda a modicum of stability, expanded trade and improved intertribal relations. In the capital of Kampala, Obote's modern outlook is symbolized by the dozens of new office and apartment buildings that brace the skyline. Nearing completion is a skyscraper hotel bearing on its roof a six-foot neon sign with Obote's first name. It has been nicknamed, naturally, "the Milton Hilton...
...three leaders had gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to sign a treaty that creates a new East African Community. Though it stops far short of political unity, the new pact, if it works, will almost inevitably strengthen political ties. When it goes into effect next December, it will create a common market in which the vast bulk of goods produced in any of the three countries will not be subject to tariffs at the borders of the other two. A development bank with $36 million in capital will also be established to encourage industrialization, especially in Uganda...
Vatican Foundations. Completing projects at a rate of $200 million yearly are more than a dozen sizable Italian companies and several smaller ones. This month two Rome firms, Comtec and Ircom, jointly signed to build a 20-story skyscraper in Uganda's capital of Kampala. A group of three other Ro man companies, including a firm called Vianini, in which the Vatican is the largest shareholder, recently won a $40 million order from the Libyan govern ment to broaden 1,483 miles of coastal highway and erect 46 bridges...
Obote seemed satisfied with the slaughter. With flames from King Freddy's demolished palace still visible from downtown Kampala, he appeared before Parliament to make an official announcement. "There is nothing to regret," said Obote. "The oneness of Uganda must be assured...
Whether it will be or not is another question. Although the army was in tight control over Kampala itself, bands of warriors still rampaged through Buganda countryside, ambushing occasional patrols and making communications all but impossible. King Freddy himself had presumably gone underground. The Obote regime hinted at week's end that he had somehow managed to escape-probably under the cover of an afternoon thunderstorm that had interrupted the battle...