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Kintu Musoke
Ugandan politician · Uganda · On the map · Politicians · Born 1938 · age 88
Kintu Musoke is Ugandan politician, journalist, and activist who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Uganda from 18 November 1994 to 5 April 1999 under President Yoweri Museveni.
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A veteran of Uganda’s post-independence politics, he was closely associated with the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) in the 1960s before joining the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in the 1980s. Musoke began his public life as a journalist and political mobilizer, co-founding the African Pilot newspaper and advocating for social justice, press freedom, and Pan-Africanism. He went into exile during Idi Amin’s regime and became part of the opposition that mobilised against the dictatorship. After 1986, he held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Information, before his elevation to Prime Minister. Remembered as an independent-minded statesman, Musoke was respected across Uganda’s political spectrum for his integrity, principled leadership, and willingness to offer candid advice even to his own government.
