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Throwback Photo of Idi Amin Dada Riding an Ambulance Bicycle That was to Be Used in Remote Areas

Africa is a Continent where in the past years, there emerged leaders who were Dictators and ended up killing innocent and weak people. Among them is Idi Amin Dada of Uganda. Amin made many sins in Uganda especially after he overthrew the government of President Milton Obote and declared himself as the president of Uganda in 1971.

Image | Idi Amin Dada.

Approximately 100,000 and 500,000 people died after they were being killed during the 8 years Amin's regime. His government had many cases of corruption, judicial Killings, ethinic persecution, rampant abuse of human rights and many more unkind acts.

In 1978, Tanzania successfully captured Kampala, the capital city of Uganda after President Idi Amin Dada attempted annexing Kagera Region in Tanzania.

Julius Nyerere was the one who ordered his troops to annex Uganda whereby this forced Amin to be a wanderer after he left Uganda for Libya, Iraq and Saudi Arabia respectively. He stayed in Saudi Arabia until his Death after he suffering from a kidney failure.

But before he went into exile after Tanzania captured Uganda, he once did good things despite him being a ruthless leader. See his throwback photo below whereby he was riding a bicycle that was to be used as an Ambulance in remote areas that were in the rural parts of Uganda. Despite him being bad, he was also good own himself.

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