But was it too late? Obote had just suffered the biggest political blow of his career. And Obote, unaware of the disaster unfolding in Kampala, was still upcountry. A nation on the edge ; Uganda ...

Dr Henry Opiote, who was the personal doctor of former Ugandan president Dr Apollo Milton Obote, has died. Family members confirmed that the elderly Opio-Ote had been unwell for a while.