Obote Accused of Looting Bank
Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda —
The army officers who overthrew Uganda’s civilian government said today that ousted President Milton Obote went to the central bank and looted it of an undisclosed sum of foreign currency before fleeing into exile in Kenya.
The officers also installed Paulo Muwanga, vice president and defense minister in the Obote government, as prime minister of their interim administration in a ceremony today attended by 11 officials of the ousted government.
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