From Obote to Obote

"Akena Adoko, Obote's cousin is a social anthropologist and a lawyer. During Obote I, he was the head of the General Service Unit, (Uganda's 'FBI'). He was therefore at the nerve center of Obote's first presidency. He, however, played a peripheral role during Obote II. While in exile in Tanzania, Akena recorded Uganda's post-independence history in his favorite style-idiosyncratic blank verse. This unique style of writing political literature has its own merits; for many, it facilitates the grasping of the complexities and intricacies of the Uganda political arena." - 1987 review by P. Godfrey Okoth