>> many members of Obote's 1971 cabinet were purged by Amin, by the end of 1973
Six or seven years before my East Africa time... with Amin in power most of that time.
Obote was very down on Amin once the Tanzanians had got rid of him, but most other Ugandans blamed Obote squarely for the whole Amin disaster. It was Obote who promoted him to general (he was an NCO really) to scare Obote's political rivals or kill them if necessary. Amin then got ideas - encouraged by the British among others - and overthrew Obote.
Amin was a clown and utter brute, but quite able in a way. Terrible fellow.
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