Before becoming Uganda's long-serving president, Yoweri Museveni and his family endured a perilous period as political refugees in Nairobi, Kenya, fleeing Milton Obote's regime in the early 1980s.

• Janet Museveni's memoir, My Life's Journey, details their escape and life in various Nairobi estates, including Shauri Moyo.
• The family initially sought refuge in homes in Westlands and Ngong before settling in Muthangari, and later, the Shauri Moyo Estate.
• Escalating threats from Obote's intelligence and attempts to abduct her children led Janet to flee Kenya with her children to Sweden, with the help of a Dutch friend from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), ending their tumultuous stay in Nairobi.