More than a thousand Ugandan political prisoners detained by the deposed President Milton Obote (second regime) are released on August 10, 1985. There was jubilation in Kampala. | History of Uganda

REBEL SWORN IN AS UGANDA PRESIDENT By SHEILA RULE and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES JAN. 30, 1986 Yoweri Museveni, whose National Resistance Army descended on this battered capital city last week and overthrew the military Government of Gen. Tito Okello, was sworn in today as the new President of Uganda. The ceremony, witnessed by thousands of jubilant Ugandans, was held on the steps of the Parliament building, where some of the fiercest fighting erupted in the battle for Kampala. The installati