A month ago, the ruling National Resistance Movement party lost one of its founding members, Jack Maumbe Mukhwana, your husband. On January 22, 1973, at your house on Plot 49, Malukhu Estate in Mbale Town, Idi Amin's soldiers surrounded the house. (Editor's note: Idi Amin's soldiers surrounded the house and demanded the occupants, including Museveni, to move out and identify themselves. That is the reason why the President [Museveni] refers to me as a steel woman. The UPC government accused him of introducing Uganda Patriotic Movement party (UPM) in Bugisu sub-region and mobilising grassroots support for the party.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 24, 2017 05:15 UTC