KAMPALA, Uganda--Uganda's new president, Yusufu Lule, took the oath of office yesterday and asked citizens to help "erase the traces of eight years of Idi Amin."
"You have a legal government in office and Amin is now the rebel," Lule told thousands gathered at the steps of the newly opened parliament building.
While he and his Cabinet were sworn in, Tanzanian commando teams reportedly searched for Amin, the recently deposed president.
A few of Amin's soldiers reported holding civillians hostage and demanding cars.
Lule called on Amin's forces to surrender saying, "they have nothing to fight for."
Lule promised to reinstate the rule of law and asked Ugandans to stop looting, saying "looting and vandalism are not part of our character."
An official of the new provisional government said Amin would be tried for murder and treason if caught. The ousted leader's former government radio said he "deserves the gallows."
Amin was last reported at Jinja, 50 miles east of Kampala. He said in his own broadcast, allegedly recorded and transmitted from Soroti, 200 miles northeast of Kampala: "We have got our soldiers controlling the country."
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