Basil Bataringaya

Obote's Minister of Internal Affairs

Basil Bataringaya was dismembered alive outside the town of Mbarara and his severed head displayed on the end of a pole. His wife too was killed soon after, allegely by Juma Bahir, the Governor of Western Province.

Source: Uganda Since Independence. A Story of Unfulfilled Hopes.

Africa World Press, Inc.

P.O.Box 1892

Trenton, N.J.08607

@ Phares Mutibwa, 1992

First American edition 1992

Originated by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers)Ltd. London England

ISBN: 0-86543-357 PB