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Uganda presidential candidate wants Idi Amin's remains back

Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin

A minor candidate in next year's Ugandan presidential election said he will repatriate the remains of dictator Idi Amin and build a museum in his honour, local media reported Monday.

Abed Bwanika, a two-time election loser who garnered less than one percent of the vote in 2006 and 2011, made the declaration during a campaign visit to Amin's homeland in northwest Uganda.

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