Lakwena Mourns Amin
New Vision (Kampala)August 21, 2003
Posted to the web August 21, 2003
Kampala FORMER rebel leader Alice Lakwena has mourned the death of dictator Idi Amin, whom she described as "a hero for the down-trodden," writes a Vison Reporter.Kenya's Daily Nation, yesterday said Lakwena, the self-styled prophetess now exiled in Kenya, described the tyrant who died in Saudi Arabia last week as a hero who tirelessly fought for the rights of his people.She said Amin genuinely believed in "Africa for Africans" and made efforts to make Ugandans feel they truly owned their country.
According to the paper, she was reluctant to talk about that period of her life but insisted Amin should have been buried at home.Lakwena, who led an unsuccessful four-year insurgency against President Museveni, said she wrote to Museveni on the day she received the news of Amin's death. She declined to divulge the details of the letter, saying they could only be revealed by the President.
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