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- ↑ "The UPC charter that meant to make Ugandans equal". Monitor. 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ↑ Obote, Milton (1969). "Text of the Common Man's Charter". radiorhino.org. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
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