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^{Page 610 note 2} Ibid. 15 June 1979, pp. 5261–2.

^{Page 610 note 3} Weekly Review (Nairobi), 29 06 1979, pp. 5–13.Google Scholar These fears were strengthened by Lule's re-establishment of the four pre-Amin Provinces, of which Buganda was the most densely populated. For a detailed critical assessment of Lule's leadership, see Sathyamurthy, T. V., The Political Development of Uganda, 1900–1986 (Aldershot, 1986), pp. 661–2.Google Scholar

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^{Page 612 note 5} See Africa Confidential, 22 August 1979, p. 4.

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^{Page 613 note 1} Africa Research Bulletin, 17 March 1980, p. 5585.

^{Page 613 note 2} Ibid. 17 June 1980, pp. 5682–6.

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^{Page 619 note 1} Ibid. 15 September 1985, pp. 7760–1.

^{Page 619 note 2} The peace agreement was published in the Weekly Review, 20 December 1985, pp. 10–13.

^{Page 619 note 3} For details of the disagreements between the U.N.L.A. and the N.R.A. during the peace negotiations in Nairobi, see Africa Research Bulletin, 15 September, 15 October, 15 November, and 15 December 1985; Africa Confidential, 4 September, 27 November, and 11 December 1985; Weekly Review, 18 and 25 October, 8 and 15 November, and 6 and 13 December 1985; and Africa, September, October, and December 1985.

^{Page 620 note 1} Weekly Review, 17 January 1986.

^{Page 620 note 2} Ibid. 10 January 1986. And in the attempt to conceal these atrocities the Army Commander, Brigadier Basilio Okello, banned reporters from publishing any more news about the security forces.

^{Page 622 note 1} These are my impressions as a result of re-visiting Uganda during June–August 1988. In addition, it must be reported that there are growing criticisms by members of the Uganda People's Congress and the Democratic Party, often expressed openly in the local press, about the Government's slowness in returning the country to the main stream of representative democracy.