Idi Amin Dada: “People Should Love Their Leader”
This is a documentary recounting the clownish and buffonish antics of Idi Amin dada.
He once sent Nyerere a letter telling him that he loved him very much and that had Nyerere been a woman, he would have married him (inspite of the numerous white hairs on Nyerere’s head). However, since Nyerere was a man and Amin was also a man, the possibility of them marrying would never occur (Don’t cry for me Argentina — the truth is, I always loved you. Yours faithfully, Idi Amin dada. Your brotha from another mutha….)
The documentary also mentions that Amin’s second wife, Kay Amin, had an affair and accidentally became pregnant. She then obtained an illegal abortion, but Amin found out about it. Her dismembered body was later found in the boot of her lover’s car. The lover himself was never seen again. Marrying a dictator must be an awful curse. Look at Moi’s wife. The poor woman was all but imprisoned. She probably died of depression.
In the film, Kay is killed for having an affair with Dr. Garrigan, Amin’s physician, who Jaffar Amin also met. Her body is mutilated in the morgue — her arms stitched to where her legs should be and vice versa.
“The most painful part for me is degrading the character of one of our blessed mothers,” he said visibly distressed. “She had a tragic death and they turned her into what she wasn’t, she was a decent lady. She wouldn’t have an extramarital affair the way it’s claimed.”
But he is vague about the circumstances of her death, describing it as a “sensitive issue.” He adds that Kay’s father cleared Idi Amin of any wrongdoing in his daughter’s death.
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I recently read that the people of the Central Africa Republic are longing for the days of Emperor Bokassa.
Apparently, what they had under Bokassa was paradise compared to what they have today.
Makes you wonder.
short memories… in Kenya some wish for the return of dan moi forgetting that he is a huge contributor to the current problems…
kibz was moi’s mole in the opposition…
ontherecord:
The producers of the Last King of Scotland do acknowledge that the part about Amin’s wife having an affair with the Scottish doctor was fiction. They put that in for dramatic effect.
However, the documentary above does clarify that Kay did in fact have an affair and was in fact killed and her body parts were found in the boot of her lover’s car. Amin himself never admitted to killing her (obviously) — but it would be pretty safe to say that Amin, with his numerous secret police learnt about the affair and did her in.
Coldtusker:
Kibaki doesn’t have the balls to be a complete dictator. Then of course, his brain is so bashed up that he’s become a zombie and who knows who’s really running that country. I think it’s primarily Michuki, Lucy and a few other close family friends, but who really knows?
Kenya needs a president who can (for once) speak intelligently and coherently. We’ve never had that. Raila could have done it, but his association with people like Ruto has turned me against him forever.
And Kalonzo Musyoka can’t do it. I have no idea what that man says when he opens his mouth. It’s basically nothing. 55 years old and he still seems to have no convictions about important subjects.
The only one I’m seeing emerging is Martha Karua. She’s clean, she speaks well and she’s fearless, but Kenyans will settle for an incompetent man before they settle for a competent woman.
karua: clean? yes. BUT her credentials as a reformer are gone… she backed the wrong horse post-elections… she had a chance to do the right thing… she supported the media act (the contentious portions about gagging them)… and she did not speak out for the taxation of MPs…
(Media Bill… its a hodge-podge… it should have been done as 2 separate bills… ICT & the rest… but essentially, I do not trust African governments when it comes to curbing individual freedoms even when they look benign)
Coldtusker:
Okay — so you don’t want Martha, but who else is there?
I await your answer and anyone else please feel free to answer this question as well.
Are we talking about the documentary, “General Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait?”
I have seen the film and I don’t recall any mention of Kay and love affairs. Or is confusing it with “Rise and Fall of Idi Amin”?
Yo,
That was really cool man. I watched the whole documentary. I must say Gen. Amin was a really charismatic person.
This must be one of the best Gen. Amin documentaries I have seen to date.
Good stuff entreprenuer keep them coming..