Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda since independence from the British in 1962, had been overthrown by his army commander.

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Mr Obote was overthrown by a military junta, which was toppled in turn by Yoweri Museveni, the current president, in 1986.

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The current kabaka's predecessor was driven into exile in 1966, when Milton Obote, a northerner and at that time the prime minister, ordered the army to attack his palace.

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Young Ugandans, who do not remember the bad old days, are not particularly grateful to Mr Museveni for having delivered their parents from Mr Obote, and even their parents wonder how long Mr Museveni plans to remain in charge.

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She is standing for his old party, the Uganda People's Congress, which ran the country from 1962 to 1971, and again from 1980 to 1985, before Mr Obote was chased out of Uganda after a coup by Mr Museveni.

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