KAMPALA, UGANDA – This is the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Indians from Uganda in 1972 by President Idi Amin. In August of 1972, General Amin ordered the expulsion of the Ugandan Asian minority, giving them 90 days to get out of the country. Uganda’s 80,000 Asians were mostly from the Indian subcontinent and born in the country, their ancestors having come to Uganda in search of prosperity when India was still a British colony. However, many Indians expelled were determined to return to Uganda and thousands eventually came back and it was business as usual as they have thrived economically. Today, Asians are the backbone of the Ugandan economy. Asians make up to 1% out of the total 48 million population of Uganda . They dominate the Ugandan economy, despite being a minority, and have huge control over the citizens. (ATWINE ALLEN, DIPLOMATIC TIMES EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT REPORTS FROM KAMPALA, UGANDA)
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