Uganda: Obote knew about AIDS but kept quiet · Global Voices
Ndesanjo Macha

Ugandan former president Milton Obote knew about HIV/AIDS but kept quite: “l happen to hail from Southern Uganda where HIV-AIDS was first discovered. Obote ll Government decided to sit on the medical findings under the late Dr.Eriab Muzira, claiming that it will discourage tourists. But when Museveni took over in 1986, the first thing he did in 1987 was to go open.”