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outside assistance, had held off “the entire world.” The Rwenzururians have few guns, little clothing, and no money. Messages sent . to the United Nations, the Commonwealth, and Britain for help had never been answered. “Our fighters have suf-

fered for 18 years, and they will continue to fight for the human rights of the United Kingdom of Rwenzururu,” he said, through an interpreter in his Rukonjo language. The proceedings were kept for posterity on the royal cassette produced with great ceremony by

the Royal Chamberlain — along with a suitcase full of spare batteries. I was convinced that until they achieve legal autonomy and measurable social and economic advances, the Bakonjo will continue to proclaim their independence both from Uganda and Zaire, neither

of whom will ever be able to force the Rwenzururians from the Mountains of the Moon. They now hope that the Ugandan election later this year will at last produce a government that will deal with them sympathetically. Copyright, London Observer Service.