‘Ugandan troops have rein died’
NZPA-Reuter Nairobi More than 2000 Ugandan troops have mutinied against the regime of President Idi Amin and are preparing to battle with loyalist forces, according to a Kenyan newspaper. United Press International reports. In a story published yesterday, the “Daily Nation’’ said: “Two battalions have refused to take orders from Kampala since Sunday .. . and the mutiny is spreading.” It said the mutinous troops had dug bunkers and foxholes around their barracks in anticipation of a counter-attack by troops loyal to President Amin.
The report, under the banner headline, “Now Amin’s troops mutiny” could not be immediately confirmed from other .sources. But there have been periodic reports of unrest within the 12,000strong army.
The “Nation” story said troops had not been paid for four months and were, stepping up a series of cattle raids into Kenya because they were also not receiving any rations.
The story said the mutinies had broken out in the towns of Mubende and Bomho. west and north of the capital of Kampala.
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