Busoga Trust News

January 27, 2010

Namalemba

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History

Bitterne’s partnership with Namalemba started back in 1986, when Uganda was emerging from one of the ugliest periods in the life of any African country.

British colonial rule had ended in 1962, and the country was run by Milton Obote, who took the country towards dictatorship. In 1971 a Major General in the Ugandan Army called Idi Amin took power and began a insane reign of terror which saw what could have been as much as half a million people die terribly, many at his own hands. From peasants to prelates, he showed no mercy….

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