Taban Amin Denies Occupying Embassy

Oct 30, 2003

TABAN Amin, son of former president Idi Amin Dada, yesterday said he never occupied the Uganda embassy in Kinshasa, reports <b>Emmy Allio.</b><br>

Taban Amin, son of former president Idi Amin Dada, yesterday said he never occupied the Uganda embassy in Kinshasa, reports Emmy Allio.
“I never occupied that embassy and never even thought of occupying it. The truth is that Kinshasa government soldiers have been living in that embassy. I think the confusion was caused because my house in Kinshasa is opposite the embassy premises,” Taban yesterday said during an interview at the Nile Hotel.
He was meeting the Attorney General, Francis Ayume, who is also the MP for Koboko county, Amin’s birthplace.
Ayume thanked President Museveni for initiating Taban’s return home and asked Taban to join in the development of the country.
He said he was worried when he heard that Taban was organising a rebellion against the Uganda government in northeastern Congo.
Taban denied leading a rebellion but contradicted himself by saying, “We took arms to fight because we were denied our rights to live in our country. We thought we were Ugandans who deserved to live in our country.”
Ayume reminded Taban of the conversation he had with Taban’s father, Idi Amin Dada. “Shortly before your father died, I spoke to him on telephone and he advised me to work hard so that Koboko county can develop,” Ayume said.
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