Mengo Crisis
1966 Ugandan political crisis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the earlier Kabaka Crisis of 1953.
For the 1892 battle between Christian factions in Uganda, see Battle of Mengo.
The Buganda Crisis, also called the 1966 Mengo Crisis, the Kabaka Crisis, or the 1966 Crisis, domestically, was a period of political turmoil that occurred in Buganda. It was driven by conflict between Prime Minister Milton Obote and the Kabaka of Buganda, Mutesa II, culminating in a military assault upon the latter's residence that drove him into exile.