BS rete The 285 2 Sth Febroary, 1971 (Price: She 175 Statement to the Nation by the Uganda Army 1715 HEREBY notified for general information thatthe text ofthe Statement made {0 the Nation by the Uganda Army on the 25th day of jancary, 1971, follows ~via, een mocesary to tke acon to save bad station from geting worse. We. ‘examples of matters that have left the people angry Worle, and very eahapey. 1, ‘The unwarranted detention without trial and for tong periods of a large smumber of people, many of whom are Yolally innocent of any charges, 2. ‘The continuation of sate of emergency over the whole country for an indeGanite period, which is meaningless to everybody. 3 "The lack of freedom in the siting of different views on potitcal and social matters. 4. The frequent loss of life and property arising from almost daily cases of robbery with tiolence and hindsioe without strong measures belog taka to ‘top them The people fee! tally insecure and yet knot increases every day. 'S. The proposals for National Service which will take every able bodied ‘person from his home fo work in a camp for {wo years could only lend to more {Fobbery snd general crime when homes are abandoned, ‘6 Widespread corruption in high places, especially among Ministers and top civil servants has icf the people with very le confidence’ if yr fa the Government. Most Ministers own fleets of cart or busen, many big hives and sometimes even aeroplanes. 7. The failure by the politcal authorities to ‘elections for the last eight yours whereby the people's Sree will could be expresed lt should be ‘oted thatthe lat elections within the ruling party were dominated by big fellows oof suey which thy shed bbe tes way into wining the now soditled elacuions: Proposed new. metbods of eieetog Senay Candidate ‘to stand in Tour coastiraencies wi ‘wellknown. oop 5 omumie plies ave It many opie unemployed and even more imaccure and facing hn the baie neds of ikke foo, ang, medline aed 9 ih acs he lf the common man fs county pare than eer sete aE Fede ee ch somes eng en — Srsaaod Ta : Sic Ta, Soci Stacy Fond Te ‘he big men can always evap thee eto pst them on othe common man, 10. The ples which the common man ges for hi crop le coon nod cafe have no fone up ad toms tay have gens dos Wheres Sa Sei‘ educaon ec, ave vay poe 7» rue UGANDA GAZETTE (Su Frmcunr uNIry 11, Tendency to isolate the country from East Atican unity, «s. by sending away workers rom Kenya and Tanzania, by preventing the use of Uganda money Hota and Tanzania by discouraging imnpors from Kenya and Tanzania, by Hopping the use in Uganda of Kenyan of Taneanian money. 12 The ereation of & wealthy class of leaders who are always talking of socialisen while they grow richer and the common man poorer. 1h, In addition, the Defence Council of which the President is Chairman, ‘has ot’ met since July, 1969, and this has “made administration of the Armed Potces very difficale: Av a resait-Armed Forces personnel lack accommodation, Yehicles and equipment. Also general recruitment sobmi TeDeeoce Counkit's tong time ago has not been put into effect. M4. The Cabinet Office, by training large numbers of people (largely from. the Atskoro County in Lange Distiet where Obote and Akena Adoko, she, Chict Bonet Seevfec Olicer, come from) in armod Warfare, has heen turned into a SSoomd army. Uganda thérelore hax hed two armies, one in the Cabinet, the other Rogolar 1S, The Lango development masterplan writen in 1967 decided that all sey pony in Unda gical, omen, my an indi be Ee'ebeupied and contol Tron Auskoro County, Lango District. Also occupied a ian decided hat'nedhing of importance mut be done fr other Se ee Pe Disuies, omphasts was pot on development of AKOKOT® county i the expense of other afeas of Unda. 16. Obote, on the advice of Akena Adoko, has sought to divide the Uganda emed ones andthe en of Una by sting” oh om ene ed Aerued Fores, theFfamt in Army dad ehewhere. Examples” the Chet Fang eeice Olle the Export ad lmport Corporation, Upsada Mest Packers, Ge"Pumie Service Contmission, Nyansa ‘Testes ad a Msslan textile factory be situated in Lang. 17. From the time Obote tok over 1962 is protest and most toyat supporter has been the Army. The Army has always tied to be an example eine WPhele of Africa by ot taking over the Government and we, ave always ile tiat principle: is therefore now a shock to we to see that Obote want fo Fe renee dhe Army by turing the Cabint Office into another any. dea pbc ind Aiena Agsko have bribed tnd used some senior officers ho'tntc tataed against their fellow soldiers 18,_ We all wantonly unity in Uganda and we do not want bloodshed Every ody in puna knows that. The matter mentioned above appear to ss 0 tead ioodshed ony. or the reasons given above we men of the Uganda Armed Forces have thie day denided fo take over power fom Obote snd and it to our fellow soldics, eid fal Amin Dada ‘and we hersby entrar him (lead this ou beloved Uaity af Ganda to peace aod gondwil among all ‘We call upon everybody and all Government departments in Uganda to ‘continue with their work ia the normal way: ‘We warn all foreign governments not to interfere in Uganda's internal attain Any such interference will be crushed ‘with great force, because we are ready. ‘We are firm believers in the unity of East Atica and of Africa in general ‘and we shall cement our friendship with neighbouring and all Afican countries Shd the world at large more than ever before: or the moment a curfew is necessary and will be observed by everybod) eam eg aie em mon tad erry Sayan Raber motcee Power is now handed over 10 our fellow soldier, Major-General Idi Amin Dada, and you faust await his statement which will come in due course WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR GOD AND OUR COUNTRY. Published by: PJ. Nhambo Mugera, ‘Attorney-General, the th day of February, 17