Sam Magara

[3] Sam Magara joined Yoweri Museveni's Front for National Salvation (FRONASA)[1] at an early point.

Ex-President Milton Obote had won the December 1980 election, a result which was heavily contested by the Ugandan opposition including Museveni.

Several rebel groups emerged to battle Obote's regime and its military, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), in the Ugandan Bush War.

[7] In early 1981, Magara was part of the small group that formed Museveni's Popular Resistance Army (PRA), a rebel force which was supposed to overthrow Obote's government.

[10] Alongside Museveni and Elly Tumwine, Magara planned the PRA's first operation which culminated in the Battle of Kabamba in February 1981.

[14] In addition, Magara formed a clique with fellow NRA officers Jack Muchunguzi, Hannington Mugabi and Joram Mugume.

[17] The NRM's internal security network led by Paul Kagame began to suspect that Magara and his allies were conspiring against Museveni.

[16] Kagame's network believed that the clique planned to take power from Museveni in a coup or split off to form a separate rebel force in Rwenzori Mountains.

[2] Museveni rushed back to retake command after being informed of the situation[17] and held several meetings with his troops to restore order.

[16] In August 1982,[1] Magara and other NRA members secretly entered the Ugandan capital Kampala,[1] where he intended to visit a dentist[3] due to a tooth problem.

While several NRA fighters were able to escape, Magara attempted to retrieve crucial documents before leaving, and was shot dead by the security forces[1] at the house of Ambassador Katenta Apuuli in Naakulabye[3] on 2 August.

Stalin Kanduho later became an officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force, the NRA's successor organization, while Patricia Magara became a lawyer.

As a result of Magara's activities as a rebel, the family spent the 1970s and early 1980s mostly in exile in Kenya, eventually returning to Uganda in 1984.