Mbale rebels who saved Museveni from Idi Amin
At 101 years old, Cheptot's voice is not as strong as it once was, but his memory is sharp. He remembers the fear, the danger and the small victories that kept hope alive.
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Cheptot, the last surviving member of Museveni’s five FRONASA collaborators in Bumbo, Namisindwa district.
By Joseph Batte
Journalists @New Vision
In the 1970s, Uganda was a land gripped by fear, where Idi Amin’s soldiers roamed like wolves, silencing whispers of dissent with bullets. In the cities, tension hung