Uganda to build 'Idi Amin Museum' to attract tourists

By Amon Katungulu | Saturday, June 2, 2018
Uganda to build 'Idi Amin Museum' to attract tourists
Former President Amin

Uganda hopes to attract tourists with a war museum showcasing some of the darkest moments from its history.

Atrocities committed under ex-President Idi Amin's brutal eight-year rule and by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are to be documented.

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"We want to put the record straight," Uganda Tourism Board Chief Executive Stephen Asiimwe told the BBC.

The Uganda war museum, which has yet to be built, will also showcase pre-colonial and colonial history. "History gets richer, it's like red wine - it gets more interesting as the years go by," Mr Asiimwe said.

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He said that the project was not intended to be insensitive or voyeuristic. "I lived through the Idi Amin era as a young boy, my fellow students lost their parents to the regime," he said.

"However you cannot run away from history. These are facts."

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