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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