Anti-Obote men strike Kampala

Press, 27 March 1981, Page 5

Anti-Obote men strike Kampala

NZPA-Reuter Kampala Guerrillas opposed to President Milton Obote of Uganda have made their strongest assault yet on his rule, cuttiing off "electricity supplies, putting the official radio off the air, and attacking his party headquarters. The clandestine Uganda Freedom Movement claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement telephoned to ■reporters. “We will use any method at our disposal to uproot the Milton Obote dictatorship so that a -properly elected democratic government can be installed in Uganda,” a spokesman said. Four underground opposition groups have emerged in Uganda since December when President. Obote won elections which Opposition political parties described as unfair.

Tension eased in Kampala after the poll, with soldiers moving off the streets. But troops were patrolling the capital again yesterday and workers hurried home before dusk.

Uganda Radio went off the air on Tuesday night (Kampala time) after an attack on its transmitting station outside Kampala in which three Government soldiers- were killed and generators and electrical equipment damaged.

Electricity supplies to Kampala and south and west Uganda were cut off when a main pylon 16km east of Kampala was destroyed earlier. Power was- restored to Kampala at noon yesterday but engineers Said the south and west would be without electricity for a week.