British officials who knelt before Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada Oume in 1975, claimed that he tricked them into kneeling before him.
British officials who knelt before Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada Oume in 1975, claimed that he trucked them into kneeling before him. British officials who knelt before Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada Oume in 1975, claimed that he tricked them into kneeling before him. They were pledging allegiance to the country, while receiving citizenship papers. They also carried him around. During the four years that he has ruled the East African nation of Uganda, General Idi ("Big Daddy") Amin Dada has earned a worldwide reputation as a loudmouthed buffoon. In fact, Big Daddy is a murderous and perhaps mentally unbalanced bully whose reign of terror, according to one study by the International Commission of Jurists, has led to the deaths of anywhere from 25,000 to 250,000 Ugandans (out of a population of 11 million). One of Amin's ugliest characteristics is his tendency to use human beings as political pawns, as in the case of a British author nam...