 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1971 Idi Amin akaita coup détat yechiuto iyo yakabvisa mutungamiri weUganda, Milton Obote, zvichikonzera kuderera kwehukama nehurumende yakavakidzana yeTanzania. Amin akazviisa pachigaro choMutungamiriri wenyika uye akatonga nyika achishandisa udzvinyiriri. Muna October 1978 Amin akatanga kupindareTanzania. Tanzania yakamisa kurwiswa, yakaunganidza mapoka anopikisa anti-Amin, ndokutanga kurwisa. Mutungamiri weTanzania, Julius Nyerere, akaudza vamiriri vokune dzimwe nyika kuti akanga asina chinangwa chokubvisa Amin pachigaro, asi kumudzidzisa chidzidzo. Kutaura kwacho hakuna kutendwa; Nyerere aivenga Amin, uye akataura kune vamwe vaaishanda navo nezvokumukanda. Hurumende yeTanzania yakafungawo kuti muganhu wokuchamhembe waisazova wakachengeteka kutoti tyisidziro yaimiririrwa naAmin yaibviswa. Mushure mekutanga kufambira mberi munharaunda yeUganda, Major General David Msuguri akagadzwa semutungamiri weTanzania Peoples Defence Force TPDF 20th Division uye akarairwa kuti apinde munyika. 