 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekubva kwaAmin, hurumende dzakatevedzana dzakaedza kudzorera chivimbo chenyika yose muupfumi kuburikidza nemusanganiswa wezvirongwa zvekusimudzira uye mabhajeti ehurumende akaomarara. Kutanga muna 1980, hurumende yechipiri yaMilton Obote yakawana rutsigiro rwevanopa mari vokune dzimwe nyika, zvikurukuru kubva kuInternational Monetary Fund, kupfurikidza nokuita kuti shilling yeUganda isashanduke, kubvisa kudzora mitengo, kuwedzera mitengo yezvigadzirwa zvokurima, uye kuisa miganhu yakaoma pamari inoshandiswa nehurumende. Mukuwedzera, Obote akaedza kunyengetedza makambani okune dzimwe nyika kuti adzokere kunzvimbo dzawo dzekare, idzo dzakanga dzanyoreswa pasi paAmin. Idzi nhano dzokudzorera dzakaita kuti pave nokukura chaiko mune zvokurima pakati pa 1980 na 1983. Zvisinei, kushayikwa kwemari yokumwe kwakanga kuri chipingamupinyi chikuru pakuedza kwehurumende, uye kwakava chinetso chakakomba muna 1984 apo IMF yakagumisa tsigiro yayo pashure pokusawirirana pamusoro pemitemo yebhajeti. Mukati mokutonga kwenguva pfupi kwaTito Lutwa Okello muna 1985, upfumi hwakapotsa hwava kutadza kudzorwa sezvo hondo yevagari vemoyakapararira munyika yose. 