Qualla: Battle of Kabamba https://qualla.com/battle-of-kabamba en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:26 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/k/x/y/n/battle-of-kabamba-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Kabamba https://qualla.com/battle-of-kabamba Battle of Kabamba: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-kabamba/ Photo credit Vetatur Fumare, CC BY-SA 2.0. Nathan Ruyondo lent his Peugeot 304 to a friend who said he needed it for a wedding. He never saw the car again. The friend was Yoweri Museveni, and the wedding was a raid on a military barracks that would ignite a five-year civil war and reshape the political future of two African nations. On the evening of 5 February 1981, Museveni and a handful of fighters from the Popular Resistance Army left Kampala in two vehicles, carrying 27 guns between them. Their target was the armory at Kabamba Military Barracks. Nothing about the operation went according to plan.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/x/y/n/battle-of-kabamba-wp/kxyn-battle-of-kabamba-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Kabamba: The Flat Tire That Changed Everything https://qualla.com/battle-of-kabamba/ Photo credit Vetatur Fumare, CC BY-SA 2.0. The plan called for two groups to converge on Kabamba. The main strike force, led by Lieutenant Elly Tumwine, drove ahead in a lorry. Museveni followed in a pickup truck with two companions. At Katigondo, the pickup got a flat tire, and they had no spare. Museveni walked 19 kilom...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/x/y/n/battle-of-kabamba-wp/kxyn-battle-of-kabamba-the-flat-tire-that-changed-everything.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Kabamba: An Hour at the Armory https://qualla.com/battle-of-kabamba/ Photo credit Vetatur Fumare, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Kabamba barracks were defended by soldiers of the Tanzania People's Defence Force and the Uganda National Liberation Army. The PRA fighters, now operating without their expected reinforcements and without explosives to breach the armory doors, launched their assault anyway. T...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/x/y/n/battle-of-kabamba-wp/kxyn-battle-of-kabamba-an-hour-at-the-armory.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Kabamba: Two Presidents in the Bush https://qualla.com/battle-of-kabamba/ Photo credit Vetatur Fumare, CC BY-SA 2.0. What the raid lacked in tactical success it carried in symbolic weight. Among the PRA fighters at Kabamba were two men who would become heads of state: Yoweri Museveni, who became President of Uganda in 1986 after the National Resistance Army overthrew the military government, an...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/x/y/n/battle-of-kabamba-wp/kxyn-battle-of-kabamba-two-presidents-in-the-bush.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Kabamba: Tarehe Sita https://qualla.com/battle-of-kabamba/ Photo credit Vetatur Fumare, CC BY-SA 2.0. The date of the attack -- 6 February -- is commemorated annually in Uganda as Tarehe Sita, Swahili for "Date Six." The Uganda People's Defence Force, the national military that descended from Museveni's NRA, marks the anniversary with ceremonies and remembrance. The celebration f...

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