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<v Speaker 1>On This Day and Working Class History.

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<v Speaker 2>The twenty third of January and on the twenty third

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<v Speaker 2>of January nineteen sixty four, around three hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>soldiers in the newly independent Ugandan army mutinied and took

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<v Speaker 2>their British officers and non commissioned officers hostage, demanding pay increases.

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<v Speaker 2>When the Minister of the Interior arrived to speak with them,

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<v Speaker 2>they took him hostage as well. The mutineers were also

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<v Speaker 2>unhappy at still being commanded by British officers despite having

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<v Speaker 2>supposedly achieved independence. Prime Minister Milton Obote, who had been

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<v Speaker 2>the leader of the anti colonial movement, called in British

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<v Speaker 2>troops from Kenya. The Staffordshire Regiment then seized control of

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<v Speaker 2>the rebel camp. On the twenty fifth of January. The

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<v Speaker 2>Ugandan government did agree to the demands of the mutineers,

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<v Speaker 2>but then it dismissed nearly.

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<v Speaker 1>All of them. The move followed the mutinies of two

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<v Speaker 1>battalions in Tanzania earlier that week. The sources maps and

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<v Speaker 1>all of our anniversaries each day. Check out the on

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<v Speaker 1>this Day section of our stories at at stories Stopworkingclasshistory.

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<v Speaker 3>the show notes.

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<v Speaker 1>The music by A Decado Ad See you tomorrow,