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I Had 6 wives, many concubines and 45 children

Love story of dictators: Idi Amin liked the girl dancing on the stage, then what happened ...

By Zayn Published about a year ago 4 min read
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Ugandan dictator Dada Idi Amin saw that 17-year-old girl dancing on stage for the first time. He got fascinated by her. Then he started calling her to his house from time to time. Then this meeting started happening everyday. That girl loved someone else. But when this girl became the fifth wife of Idi Amin, what happened to her lover?

This was the time of July 1975. Amin, the then President of Uganda, was marrying Sarah Kyolaba that day. She was about to become his fifth wife. Kampala Serena Hotel A grand celebration was underway. At that time Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization was also present there.

After that Kyolaba became a public figure in the country. She started appearing with Amin in the country's national programs and sporting events. But Amin's marriage ended in a love triangle that killed the well-known musician whom Kyolba really loved. Later he was banished by Amin's people. Then he was never found. It is believed that after killing him, the dead body was buried secretly.

Used to pick up the woman he liked

This love story was also strange. By the way, Idi Amin did six marriages in his life. Don't know how many women he had relations with. The woman he liked. It is said that he used to get her picked up one way or the other. Often the husbands of those beautiful women were put to death or sent behind bars in jail.


The famous musician in Uganda in the 70s was Jesse Geeta Kasiriwu. It was said about him that he had amazing talent. In fact, he was the real lover of Amin's fifth wife Kyolaba. Kyolaba left school and joined his music group. Soon after that both started loving each other. Geeta had the courage to stand up for this love of hers in front of Amin. Later, a documentary film made in Uganda also featured the love story of Gita and Kyolaba.

Amin die on that dancing girl


Actually when Idi Amin saw 17 years old beautiful teenager Kyolaba dancing on the stage, he died on her. He then thought that he would make this girl his wife. After this, he started meeting him by calling him through his people. Later on it became such a situation that Kyalaba used to spend half the day with Amin and then used to spend the rest of the time with Gita.

used to keep an eye on this girl with agents

Amin used to get this information continuously through his intelligence agents that where Kyolaba was going. Whom are you meeting? After this Geeta started getting threats that she should go out of the way. When Geeta refused to do so, she was arrested on 04 August 1974. Agents of Uganda's infamous Research Bureau took him away by putting him in a vehicle. After that he was never seen again.

Although Geeta's companions were constantly advising him that he should distance himself from Kyolaba. Kyolaba also never remembered this lover of his later. Her life had changed after marrying Amin. She had become an important personality of the country.

Kyolaba died in a London hospital

The news of the disappearance of a talented and well-known Ugandan musician like Gita did not appear anywhere. Even the local press kept mum on it

Amin Raj ended in Uganda in April 1979, when he fled the country with his entire family. Sarah Kyolaba died of cancer on 11 June 2015 in a hospital in London. Amin had already died in Saudi Arabia in 2003 due to kidney failure.

Six wives, many concubines and 45 children

Idi Amin married at least six women. Divorced three. It is believed that all his wives were beautiful. It is said that he killed one of his wives and made the former lover of another wife disappear. When he was exiled in Libya, he married Muammar al-Gaddafi's daughter Ayesha in gratitude but later got divorced. As of 1993, Amin was living with his last nine children and a wife, Mama e Chumaru.

It is believed that he had 30 to 45 children. Some of his children are in very good positions and positions in Uganda. According to The Monitor, a few months before his death in 2003, Amin married again. It is also said that apart from marriage, he also had many concubines.

Had a marriage even before death

According to The Monitor, Amin remarried in 2003, a few months before his death.

Sent a love letter to Queen Elizabeth

Near the end of 1976, Amin declared himself "the uncrowned King of Scotland". He started welcoming guests and dignitaries wearing a Scottish kilt (a type of garment). He wrote to Queen Elizabeth II, "I would like you to arrange for me to travel to Scotland, Ireland and Wales to meet the leaders of the revolutionary movements who have fought against your imperial oppression". She also reportedly sent the message to the British Queen, "Dear Liz, if you want to know a real man, come to Kampala."


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