How Okello suspected Zanzibaris were plotting against him ​​​​​​​after the revolution

John Okello

What you need to know:

  • Okello’s expulsion came barely two months after he led the revolution that ousted Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah and ended the 266-year oppressive Arab regime in the island. In a three-part series, we trace Okello’s journey from Uganda, his rise, fall-out with Julius Nyerere, Jomo Kenyatta, and Milton Obote, and his tragic end.