New Vision (newspaper) government kept the name of its daily publication as "Uganda Argus". Following the rise to power of Idi Amin in 1971, the government paper was renamed "Voice of Uganda". When Amin was deposed in 1979, the second Obote government named its paper "Uganda Times". When the National Resistance Movement seized power in 1986, the name of the daily newspaper was changed to "New Vision". The "Uganda Argus" and its successors always presented as the "official" newspaper of the regime in power. The Vision Group incorporated as the New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited (NVPPCL), started business in March 1986.
Idi Amin Wilson Oryema and Charles Oboth Ofumbi. Amin recruited his followers from his own ethnic group, the Kakwas, along with South Sudanese. By 1977, these three groups formed 60 percent of the 22 top generals and 75 percent of the cabinet. Similarly, Muslims formed 80 percent and 87.5 percent of these groups even though they were only 5 percent of the population. This helps explain why Amin survived eight attempted coups. The army grew from 10,000 to 25,000 by 1978. Amin's army was largely a mercenary force. Half the soldiers were South Sudanese and 26 percent Congolese, with only 24 percent