Guards tie up Amin, force him into car as regime collapses

On April 11, 1979 when his government was overthrown, dad was still at Munyonyo in the vicinity of Kampala.

Death of Janan Luwum

February 1977. The murder of Archbishop Janan Luwum in February 1977, more than any of the previous killings by the Amin regime, became the last straw of in its moral legitimacy internally and internationally. From this atrocity, Amin more than ever before became indefensible. The human rights accusations to the UN and the USA Senate gained credibility and caused imposition of economic sanctions.

From the deteriorating economic conditions, the popular uprising attempt by the Makerere University students, the uncovered two major plots to oust him, and the impact of Luwum’s death, Amin’s internal popularity and external support were now at their lowest. His solution to this problem was to get soldiers declare him ‘Life President’ in April 1977.

The 1978-79 war. In July 1978, there were border clashes over grazing fields between Bahima herdsmen across the Uganda-Tanzania border in the then Mbarara and Masaka districts of Uganda. Amin’s men would later enter Tanzanian border and accused the country of having a role in the border insecurity and deployed there. Tanzanian troops later retaliated and fought back Amin men. His fall was eminent.
Source: Uganda’s Presidents: An illustrated biography. (Fountain Publishers)

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