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National Theatre. PHOTO:Robert Verbruggen 
Nakasero Market. PHOTO: James Lang Brown 
National Theatre. PHOTO: James Lang Brown 
Uganda Parliament. PHOTO: James Lang Brown 
Pope Paul VI was the first pope to visit Africa. Uganda is the first African country he visited. His plane landed at 3pm, July 31, 1969. Uganda was the first land to be visited by a pope on the African Continent and the first African country to host 3 different reigning popes.Pope Paul VI visit to Uganda in 1969 
Professor Nambooze, the first female doctor in East Africa. 
Joseph Mary Mubiru. First Governor of the Bank of Uganda. 
Grace Ibingira 
Shaban Opolot. Uganda’s first Army Commander 
Dr Lukwiya. He died at 1:20 am on Tuesday, 5 December 2000 of Ebola, an epidemic he was instrumental in identifying and fighting. He reportedly contracted the virus from Simon Ajok, a nurse he had trained to care for Ebola patients. Before his death, he asked to be isolated. 
Godffrey Binaisa. Uganda’s first Attorney General 
Yusuf Lule 
Nakasero Market, 1970s. PHOTO: HIPUganda 
Crested Towers 1970s PHOTO: HIPUganda 
Central Bank,1970s 
Lymphoma Treatment Centre, Mulago. 1950s 
Downtown Kampala, 1970s Photo by : Carl Fleischhauer 
Kampala Road, 1970s Photo by : Carl Fleischhauer 
Mbale clock tower. 60s/70s. Photo by : Carl Fleischhauer 
Entebbe Tower 
Janani Luwum 
Double Deck Bus, Kampala. (publisher unknown) 
Daudi Chwa, first Ugandan to privately own a car 
Medical Student at Makerere University Medical School 
Wreckage of Uganda Airlines 
Idi Amin with White Diplomats 
Ford Cortina on Kampala Masaka road. 1960s. Photo: Geoff Polland. 
Uganda Mail Train (Publisher Unknown) 
The Apollo Hotel, present day Sheraton 
Andrew Kayiira 
UTC buses 
Tororo, 1960s. PHOTO: E.V Townsend 
Ignatius Kangave Musaazi He formed Uganda’s first political Party, the Uganda National Congress on 2nd March 1952. 
Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja (August 1929 – 4 November 2005) was the first Secretary General of the Uganda National Congress party, the first political party in Uganda set up in March 1952 by Ignatius K. Musaazi. 
Idi Amin salutes the body of Kabaka Mutesa II during his funeral in 1971. From : http://nangalama.blogspot.com 
Speke Hotel. 1960s. Photo: E.V Townsend 
Kampala street. PHOTO: E.V. Townsend 
Kampala. 1963. PHOTO: Malcolm McCrow 
Cars parked near imperial Hotel (current Grand Imperial) in Kampala. 60s/70s. Photos: Malcom McCrow. 
obote with samora machel (Publisher unknown) 
Erinayo Wilson Oryema. Erinayo Wilson Oryema (1 January 1917 – 16 February 1977) was Uganda’s first African Inspector General of Police serving from 1964 to 1971. 
Museveni with Fidel Castro. Photo: The Insider. 
Silver Springs Hotel. Late 60s/70s. It was Kampala’s third hotel, built to accommodate passengers from the flying boats making an over-night stop at Port Bell. Photos by Daphe Seager. 
In 1974, President Idi Amin appointed Elizabeth Bagaya as foreign affairs minister, only to fire her 8 months later, partly, for turning down his advances towards her. He reportedly wanted to marry her. 
Uganda’s first Vice President. William Wilberforce Nadiope III PHOTO: eagle.co.ug 
Dr Margaret Mungherera, a Ugandan Psychiatrist served as president of the World Medical Association from Oct 2013 to Oct 2014. The world medical association is the international organization that represents physicians internationally. She died of colorectal cancer in 2017. 
Edward Echwalu Ugandan Photojournalist @echwalu
He was 1st Runner Up in the @CNNAfrica
African Journalist of the Year Awards 2012. His work’s been published in Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Dailymail UK, The Guardian. Photo source: http://widerimage.reuters.com
Daniel Nkata. Ugandan Referee. He was the first black person to be awarded the FIFA Badge south of the Sahara. He died in August, 2004. Photo sources : History in progress, Uganda. All photographs are part of Nkata family collection and owned by them. 
Victor Ochen In 2015, Forbes named him as one of the 10 most powerful men in Africa. He’s the first Ugandan and the youngest ever African to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for rehabilitating victims of war by providing psycho-social support and life-saving healthcare. 
Bombo Road 
Politics, Africa, Uganda, pic: 15th April 1979, Kampala, The house of Uganda President Idi Amin, pictured after he had fled the country in April 1979, after ruling Uganda 1971-1979, a time of much “blood letting” (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images) 
