Obote akatumira gurukota rake rezvekudzivirirwa, Felix Onama, kunotaurirana nevapanduki. Zvisinei, vasati vasvika, Obote akatumira gurukota rake rezvekudzivirirwa, Felix Onama, kunotaurirana nevapanduki. Onama akabatwa senhapwa, uye akabvuma zvikumbiro zvakawanda, kusanganisira kuwedzera muhoro wemauto, uye kukwidziridzwa nekukurumidza kwevakuru vazhinji, kusanganisira mutungamiri wenyika. Muna 1965, maKenya akange arambidzwa kubva munzvimbo dzehutungamiriri mukati mehurumende, uye izvi zvakateverwa nekubviswa kwevaKenya vakawanda muUganda muna 1969, pasi pekutungamira kwaObote. Mutungamiri wehurumende, Obote akabatanidzwa muchirongwa chekupinza munyika zvisiri pamutemo, pamwe naIdi Amin, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weUganda; nyika nhatu idzi dzakakumbira rutsigiro rwemauto kubva kuuto reBritain.
akamisa bumbiro remitemo ndokuzvizivisa kuva purezidhendi muna March 1966,