Not only did Amin trust Kyemba, but Kyemba trusted the ruthless dictator just as much! Even after Kyemba's brother is murdered by the government, Kyemba felt that "for me, things would be different. Did he partake in some of the government's misdeeds and is holding back on revealing this? Kyemba stresses how much Amin trusted him, but never outlines why that was. I couldn't help but feeling that the author was holding something back. The author states that he was a confidant of Amin's with whom he "could talk to at any time of the day or night," but he fails to explore Amin's character or tell us how he managed to maintain his hold on the government while Ugandan society fell apart. Instead I got a disconnected - though interesting - hodgepodge of anecdotes. When I purchased this book, I hoped to get a picture of Idi Amin's personality, and an inside story on how he maintained power.
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