 Waris Ali Fadhul kana kuti Ali Waris Fadhul aive werudzi rweBusoga kubva kumabvazuva kweUganda, kunyangwe aiwanzo tsanangurwa se Sudanese uye aitaura chiNubian. Akabatana neUganda Army pane imwe nguva panguva yehutungamiri hwaMilton Obote. Akatora rutivi muna 1971 muUganda coup détatizvo zvakaguma nokugumburwa kwaObote ndokutanga utungamiriri hwaIdi Amin. Panguva yechiito chokupanduka akanga ari mukuru mukuru aiva muMoroto. Pashure pacho, akakwira chinzvimbo. Anorondedzerwa nomutsvakurudzi Andrew Rice somunhu waAmin aivimba naye uye aiva nehasha, Fadhul akapiwa basa rokutungamirira Simba Battalion yeUganda Army uye basa rokubvisa varwi vakanga vakavimbika kuMutungamiri Obote akanga abviswa pachigaro. Akazvipira kuuraya masoja aifungidzirwa kuti akapandukira hurumende muSimba Barracks kuMbarara. Mukuwedzera, angave akabatanidzwa nerufu rwemutori wenhau Nicholas Stroh uye mudzidzisi weMakerere University Robert Siedle. Amin akamusimudzira kuva Lieutenant Colonel nokuda kwebasa rake mukuchenesa kwaJuly 1971. 