Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was born on August 15, 1944 in Ntungamo, a town in the western Uganda, some 66 kilometres from Mbarara. His surname, Museveni, means ‘Son of a man of the Seventh’. On January 25, 1971, Museveni went into exile in Tanzania when Obote was overthrown by Idi Amin Dada. PHOTO | PPUIn 2014, Museveni set up a commission of Ugandan scientists to study whether homosexuality is learnt or inborn. At the time, the Ugandan leader said “homosexuals are disgusting”.

Source: Daily Nation March 27, 2019 09:54 UTC