Idi Amin's Legacy

It is imperative that the Indian community in East Africa establish strategic and pragmatic relationships with political parties of various hues belonging to that region. They must form a powerful lobby of their own which will speak about and strive to protect their interests and this is all the more necessary in Uganda because of unfortunate historical reasons. Follies committed in the past by the Indian community shouldn't be repeated and being isolated from politics was one of them. Also,Indians must treat the native Ugandans with dignity, ensure equitable wealth distribution and not treat them as 'second-class' citizens, which was the case, to a certain extent, in the past. There were some reasons for that, one of them being the 'colonial mentality' because of which Indians in Africa were given more rights and privileges by the colonial rulers than their native black counterparts which resulted in some instances of Africans ( Ugandans ) being mistreated by their Indian employers. Therefore, there was some support for Idi Amin's move. The spirit of co-operation and harmony must exist between Indians and Ugandans which can work wonders for the Ugandan society economically and culturally.