Uganda's presidential Amama
Mbabazi promised to build a museum in honour of late dictator Idi Amin.
The former prime minister,
is quoted as saying that the move would help reconcile Ugandans divided over
the legacy of Amin and other leaders.
Mr Mbabazi is running
against President Yoweri Museveni in next week's polls.
Amin's rule was notorious
for its brutality. He was overthrown in 1979 and died in exile in 2003.
An armed forces chief under
President Milton Obote, Amin seized power in a coup in 1971. He ordered the
expulsion of Uganda's Asian community a year later.
Amin became infamous for
his capricious behaviour and for his punishment of political opponents. Some
400,000 people are estimated to have been killed while he was in power.
Amin fled Uganda in 1979,
seeking refuge in Libya, Iraq and eventually Saudi Arabia, where he would
remain for the rest of his life.
Mr Mbabazi made his promise
to repatriate Amin's remains on a visit to the former dictator's ancestral home
in north-west Uganda.
His spokeswoman said his
party was campaigning for reconciliation and for the "forgiveness for any
real or perceived wrongs in the past".
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