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World Service,21 Nov 2012,9 mins

The death of the Kabaka of Buganda

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In November 1969 the first President of Uganda, Edward Mutesa, died in exile in London. He had been forced to flee his homeland by Milton Obote. He died in a small flat in Bermondsey - and his friends still dispute the reasons for his death. Photo: The Kabaka Edward Mutesa II with Pope Pius XII in 1951. AFP/GettyImages

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