 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1971 Colonel Idi Amin vakatora masimba muUganda zvichitevera kudengenyeka kwemautokuti akadonhedza Mutungamiri Milton Obote, achimhanyisa kuderera kwehukama neTanzania yakavakidzana. Mutungamiri weTanzania Julius Nyerere akanga ane ukama hwepedyo naObote uye akanga atsigira mararamiro ake ehurumende. Amin akazviisa pachigaro saPurezidhendi weUganda uye akatonga nyika yacho sechidzvinyiriri chinodzvinyirira. Nyerere akaramba kubvuma hurumende itsva uye akapa hupoteri kuna Obote nevatsigiri vake. Uganda yakatanga kurwisa kaviri pamuganhu weTanzania gore iroro. Vachibvumirwa naNyerere, vapoteri vokuUganda vakaronga uto duku remagandanga, uye vakaedza, pasina kubudirira, kupinda muUganda uye kubvisa Amin muna 1972. Amin akapomera Nyerere mhosva yekutsigira nekupa zvombo vavengi vake, uye akapindura nekurwisa mabhomba mumaguta emuganhu weTanzania. Kunyange zvazvo vatungamiri vake vakamukurudzira kuti apindure zvakafanana, Nyerere akabvuma kuyananiswa kwaitungamirirwa neMutungamiri weSomalia, Siad Barre, zvichiguma nekusainwa kweMugadziriro yeMogadishu, iyo yaiti mauto eUganda neTanzania aifanira kudzokera kunzvimbo dzinenge makiromita gumi 6.2 mamaira kure nemuganhu uye kurega kutsigira mauto anopikisa akarwisa hurumende dzeumwe neumwe. Kunyange zvakadaro, hukama pakati pemapurezidhendi maviri aya hwakaramba hwakatekeshera; Nyerere aigara achishora hurumende yaAmin, uye Amin aigara achityisidzira kuti aizopinda muTanzania. Panguva imwe cheteyo, ukama pakati peTanzania neKenya hwakakanganisika, uye East African Community yakazoparara. Uganda yakakwikwidzawo muganhu wayo neTanzania, ichiti nzvimbo yeKagera Salienta 1,865 square kilometres 720 sq mi nzvimbo yenyika iri pakati pemuganhu wepamutemo neRwizi rweKagera 29 km 18 mi kumaodzanyembainofanira kupihwa kuUganda, ichiti rwizi rwacho rwakaita muganhu unonzwisisika. Muganhu wacho wakanga wakambokurukurwa nevakuru vakuru vokuBritain nevokuGermany vasati vapinda muHondo Yenyika I. 