LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Archbishop Luwum death

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

Feb 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:02:29

Description

Report by Peter Shardock on the suspicious deaths of Archbishop Luwum and Ugandan Cabinet ministers, Arphaxed Charles Oboth-Afumbi and Erenayo Wilson Oreyema in a road accident on 17 Feb 1977. The car was driven by Major Moses. The three men were trying to escape arrest for their alleged part in a plot to overthrow President Idi Amin. Canon Burgess Carr of the Pan-African Church organisation in Kenya gives a press conference breaking news of the secret burials of the bodies and suspicion over how they actually died.

Contributors

Peter Shardock; Burgess Carr

Keywords

Deaths; Uganda; Idi Amin; Funerals; Janani Luwum; Arphaxed Charles Oboth-Ofumbi; Erenayo Wilson Oreyema; Major Moses; Road accidents; Milton Obote

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