any opponent to Idi Amin.Murder and lawlessness was the order of the day in Uganda.Everyday reports of abduction and disappearance was common in Uganda. This reached its peak when Archbishop Janaan Luwuum was abducted when giving his Sunday summons never to be seen alive.While this was going on in Uganda, the Kenyans were going on a looting spree at Chepkube.Ugandan Coffee was being smuggled at Chepkube and being exchanged at the rate of 1 sack of sale for one sack of coffee.At the extreme it ended being a gangster affair where Ugandan Coffee would be taken to Kenya and the strongest gang would take it for free.This is what is referred to as the coffee boom in Kenya of 1976 – 77.The Uganda citizenry or people have never forgiven Kenya for looting their coffee and creating wealth in Kenya.The smuggling of Coffee continued until 1978 when one of the first actions of President Moi was to personally close the Chepkube market. The response of Tanzania to the killing and looting of Uganda was different.Mwalimu Nyerere organized the people’s defence forces under Ugandans in exile into an army.He trained the peoples defence forces and the Ugandans in exile and gave them guns and released the Tanzanian soldiers to match on to Kampala to remove Idi Amin.For 2 years the soldiers were marching under the command of Yoweri Museveni then a student in Dar es salaam. In January 79 the peoples defence forces matched into Kampala and Idi Amin was overthrown.He was replaced by a Commission headed by Paolo Mwanga which commission proceeded to appoint Professor Yusuf Lule as the President who after 3 months was replaced by Godfrey Binaisa as President, 3 months later Obote emerged and was put as the President normally referred to as Obote II and again he was overthrown in 1986 by Museveni. In 1999 the East African Community was revived and it is the current Cap 4a Laws of Kenya : Lesson Three 8
