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...streets to protest years of oppression under the Duvalier dynasty, the people of Uganda last week welcomed a new government that promised a sharp break with that country's brutal past. Thousands of Ugandans gathered outside the cream-colored Parliament building to watch as Rebel Leader Yoweri Museveni was sworn in as President just three days after his insurgents routed the forces of the military government that had seized power in a coup only six months earlier. A hush fell over the crowd as Museveni, dressed in the unadorned fatigues of an army private, took the oath of office from...
Appealing for international aid to help rebuild his ravaged country, Museveni pledged at the outset to maintain Uganda's policy of nonalignment with the super powers and to improve the country's economic development by encouraging a mix of state and private enterprises. The new President also promised a return to parliamentary democracy and a rejection of tribal partisanship. He emphasized that his main goal was to restore respect for human rights, which have been openly abused in Uganda during the past 20 years. Museveni warned that those responsible for past atrocities would be punished...
There were signs that Museveni meant what he said. After past coups in Uganda, victorious troops have raped and plundered with abandon, but this time strict orders were issued against looting, along with a threat to shoot offenders. For the most part, the orderly soldiers of his National Resistance Army obeyed. That alone impressed many observers. The Presidents of neighboring Kenya, Zaire and Rwanda issued a joint communique expressing their satisfaction with the progress the Museveni government had made toward restoring peace and security in Uganda...
Although both the U.S. and Britain initially expressed concern that Museveni would steer Uganda to the left, they have hinted at approval of the new government's moves to date. The Reagan Administration, said a State Department spokesman, was "encouraged by the fact that the National Resistance Army appears to be disciplined and has restored order to those areas of Uganda that it has controlled." Some wary Ugandans, however, have adopted a cautious attitude. "I cannot say what lies ahead of us," said Father Cyprian Lwanga, chancellor of Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala. "It seems that Museveni has a good program...
Skirmishes between various military groups have been commonplace since the July coup. Uganda's new leader, Major General Tito Okello, had appealed to the rebels to lay down their guns and join his government. On Dec. 17 he met with Insurgent Leader Yoweri Museveni in neighboring Kenya and signed a peace accord that called for Museveni to become deputy chairman of a restructured military council. But the truce soon fell apart. In Uganda, generals may come and go, but the blood always seems to flow...