{UAH} General IDDI AMIN DADA ,

A president who loved his country and always fronted it's citizens first ruled Uganda for only 9 yrs that's from 1971_1979 but made greater achievements which this museven regime has failed to make and maintain for 36 yrs ...below are some of those achievements;

1; He released all political detainees  who were languishing in luzira including one of sir kabaka muteesa's sister ..

2; Amin promoted and lifted the sports image in Uganda. Eg he thrilled ugandans and the entire world when he led his cabinet and leading personalities including religious leaders in a friendly soccer match immediately after taking power 

3; Amin also went a head to provide moral and financial  support in sports . In 1972 john Akii Bua won the 400m Gold medal in the Munich Olympics held in German .in 1978 Uganda reached the African cup of nation's and ever since then we have never qualified again for finals ..

4; The exchange rate of the shilling to the dollar remained steady between 7shs and 7.50shs between 1971 and 1979 and on the black market it was 16shs.

5;  Amin as a deeply Religious man: It is reported that Amin donated significantly to the construction of Church House, a Church of Uganda project. The donation was part of the Church's centenary celebrations in 1977

6;  Credit goes to President Idi Amin Dada for the Creation of Uganda's first and only national flag carrier, the Uganda Airlines Corporation. He rescued 'The Flying Crane' out of the wreckage of the East African Airways, and the Crane proudly traversed the international skies and landed at the world's airports to the admiration and envy of many. All this was for the purpose of ensuring availability of air transport for Ugandans, visitors

7; Early 1970, according to National Housing Statistics, NHCC built flats, marionettes and bungalows in top class residential areas of Bugolobi (872). Bukoto White (130), Bukoto Brown (180), Kololo (80), Nakasero (44), Wandegeya inter alia (136). Middle to low housing estates were built in Luwafu (51) and Mulago. Idi Amin had plans of having apartment blocks like those in Bugolobi in places like; Kawempe, Mutundwe & Kansanga.

8;Amin expanded the Uganda Railways Corporation: The railway transported heavy equipment for inland with relative ease, for until that time the main form of transport into the interior was ox-drawn wagons. It also expedited the export of coffee and tea and encouraged other types of commerce.

9;President Amin provided Uganda manufactures with additional support through the Uganda Development Bank, which supplemented UCB. The Uganda Development Bank and the Credit Guarantee Fund were established under the Uganda Development Bank Act, 1972, during Amin Dada's regime and commenced business on 10th November 1972. UDB was a state-owned development finance institution, which channeled loans from international sources into Ugandan enterprises and administered most of the development loans made to Uganda. By 1986 and up to its closure, UCB was the biggest Commercial Bank in Uganda with nearly 300 branches. Today, the UCB story is a very sad story. The bank was sold in 2000 to NRM/O thieves!!.

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All these achievements, for a government run by semi-literates like Amin, Mustapha Adrisi, and Yusuf Gowan. Today, with PhDs and MBAs in power and in the private sector, we can't maintain 20 percent of what Amin left behind.

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"When a man is stung by a bee, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives"

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