April 1973 - Vanished Ugandans - Captured Rebel - leader

April 1973 - Vanished Ugandans - Captured Rebel - leader Alex Ojera at an OAU cocktail party - Alex Ojera - former minister of information and broadcasting in deposed Dr Obote's Government - is led by armed soldiers into State House Entebe where he was interviewed by President Amin. Ojera was captured during the fighting between guerrilas and Uganda troops at the Uganda/Tanzania border. Ojera, now wearing a bushybeard guerilla style, was once one of Obote's smartest ministers who was always clean-shaven and meticulously dressed. He was one of the people who invaded Uganda during September 1972. He was captured by members of the security forces and put under detention. But later on he escaped, together with Captain Oyile and six others. In the first independence government he was parliamentary secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and government chief whip. In 1963-64 he was minister of community development and labour before becom

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