Taban amin biography examples

KIRYANDONGO, UGANDA — Taban Idi Amin’s grandfather was an eccentric, vicious dictator who terrorized the nation he ruled.

So when Taban Idi Amin, a member of the National Resistance Movement ruling party, ran for a seat in Parliament to represent the Kibanda North constituency in Kiryandongo district, voters remembered his grandfather, Idi Amin.

“My opponent, Sam Amooti Otada, kept on mentioning to the people that they should not vote for me because there will be bloodshed, that I will kill them and torture them as my grandfather Idi Amin did when he was president of Uganda,” Taban Idi Amin says.

Despite Taban Idi Amin’s lineage, he won the election, ousting Otada, who had held the spot for 15 years.

“People wanted a new person to represent them with new ideals.

People wanted change [and] better service delivery,” Taban Idi Amin says. “They saw that in me.”

But now, months after the February election, Taban Idi Amin is still battling against people’s memories of his grandfather