NRA Historicals
Members of the NRA top leadership pose for a group photo.
Front Row L-R: 2nd, Elly Tumwine (holding stick), Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Fred Rwigyema, David Tinyefunza
Liberation War 1981-1986
This collection documents the Liberation / Bush War led by President Museveni from the initial attack on Kabamba Military School to the jungles of Luwero Triangle.
On February 6, 1981 a group of 41 men, led by President Yoweri Museveni drove along Masaka-Nyendo-Katigondo-Ssembabule road in an old truck with one mission, to attack Kabamba Military Barracks and grab as many guns as possible so that they start a revolution to overthrow President Milton Obote.
FORMS NRA/UPDF
On 6th February 1981, the NRA launched a guerrilla war against Obote’s government, beginning what became known as the Luwero War. This war started with only started with 41 men armed with only 27 guns, their behavioral character was based on discipline, patriotism, and the protection of civilians. The rest were consoled as 'commandos' but were essential carriers of the looted munition.
Establishes NRM
In 1981, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni founded the National Resistance Movement (NRM) as a political organization aimed at restoring democracy, peace, and stability in Uganda. The formation of the NRM followed the disputed 1980 general elections, which were widely believed to have been rigged in favor of Milton Obote’s Uganda People’s Congress (UPC). Museveni, who had participated in the elections under his Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM) party, rejected the results, declaring that political change could not be achieved through unfair electoral processes.