Idi Amin Dada before being toppled by the Obote II government had a home in Koboko and an ancestral one in Lurujo east of Koboko district, which the children and grandchildren of Amin visited on Friday.
Idi Amin Dada Alemi during the meeting with Elders at Lurujo PS in Lobule Sub County Koboko district on Friday.
Leaders and elders in Koboko district have received the entire
family of the former Ugandan President, the late Idi Amin Dada.
Idi Amin Dada before being toppled by the Obote II government had
a home in Koboko and another ancestral home in Lurujo east of Koboko district, which the
children and grandchildren of Amin visited on Friday
Speaking to a crowd of Elders at Lurujo PS in Lobule Sub County
Koboko district Alhaji Idi Amin Dada Alemi commonly called Igwe and the Heir to
former President Idi Amin Dada asked for forgiveness from the people of Koboko
and pledged to build home in Koboko in remembrance of their father.
Alhaji Idi Amin Dada Alemi currently lives in Masindi and Kiryadongo
districts.
"I have developed other places forgetting my own and its high
time I developed Koboko" Igwe said.
He donated fifty balls and ten pairs of uniforms to different football
teams in Koboko to start his own team called Vita Club.
"My intention is to
have a very strong football team that should be stronger than Onduparaka
club" Igwe added.
Amin’s grandson, Idi Amin Tembo Jegejege who is the Member of
Parliament of Kiryadongo said they had forgotten their own people and have come
to reunite with their own people.
The granddaughter Doctor Sherifa Aate who plans to contest for
Koboko Woman Member of Parliament seat says they are ready to change the face
of Koboko through various developments.
"We have started with Zaki Fm Koboko and the next plans are
to introduce Zaki Television, build Idi Amin Dada's Museum, his palace,
hospital and build school for orphans,” Aate said