On May 24th, 1966, innocent blood was spilled. It was spilled by those who had a lust for power. Close to one thousand people were killed inside the thirty acres Mengo palace. Those killed included women and children. Most of the victims’ bodies were secretly buried in state mass graves in the fields of a national prison. The numbers were confirmed by the mass grave diggers and the Red Cross. The families never recovered their bodies to date, and no befitting memorial has ever been erected in their memory over forty years since.

And so the widows, children, grandchildren, relatives and friends of the butchered innocents have brought you this website. The site is made to honour name by name the gallant sons and daughters of our beloved kingdom who perished that day. The national army led by Commander Colonel Idi Amin attacked at dawn on Tuesday 24 of May 1966. The royal guards armed to the teeth put up a spirited fight. They battled up to lunch time when a down pour interrupted the encounter.

During and after the rain, the kabaka made a daring escape by jumping over the wall with three aids: ADC Captain George Malo, Jehoash Katende, and his guard’s adjutant. At the same time other royal guards were making their escape. Among those who escaped and are still alive today to recount the horror of the massacre are: Corporal Hannington Henry Mutebi, Colour Sergeant Albert Mukama, Constable Charles Serunkuuma, Constable Erick Naggenda, and Constable Yafeesi Kauma.

The States next headache was what to do with the hundreds of dead people inside the palace. First, the national government banned journalists and the media against commenting or reporting about the massacre. They also banned reporters from visiting any where near Mengo palace. Foreign journalists were ordered out of the country. Those extradited included Robert Conley an American, as well as two other Germans, Herr Bern Mosblech, and Gerr Hannes Peschke. They were escorted to Entebbe and forced onto a plane to Nairobi. The Journalists lost equipment worth millions, which were smashed with rifle butts by the attacking army. They were trying to destroy any evidence from going out of Uganda. A state of emergency over Buganda and a dusk to dawn curfew were announced by the national government. This enabled the bundling of dead bodies onto army trucks which were then driven to the national prison fields. The bodies were buried in mass graves. Some victims who still had breath were finished off at the burial site with live fire.