Editing Idi Amin (section)

== King's African Rifles ==
Amin joined the King's African Rifles (KAR) in 1946 as an assistant cook, while at the same time receiving military training until 1947.<ref name=Keatley/><ref name="britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Idi Amin |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007180 |access-date=8 August 2009 |date=19 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314142415/https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007180/Idi-Amin |archive-date=14 March 2007}}</ref> In later life he falsely claimed to have served in the [[Burma Campaign]] of [[World War II]].<ref name=Keatley/><ref name="portrait">{{Cite AV media |title=General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait |publisher=Le Figaro Films |year=1974 |ISBN=0-7800-2507-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bay |first=Austin |date=20 August 2003 |title=Why Didn't Amin Rot and Die in Jail? |url=http://www.strategypage.com/on_point/20030820.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209233911/http://www.strategypage.com/on_point/20030820.aspx |archive-date=9 December 2010 |access-date=8 August 2009 |work=Strategy Page}}</ref> He was transferred to Kenya for infantry service as a private in 1947, and served in the 21st KAR infantry battalion in [[Gilgil]], [[Kenya Colony]] until 1949. That year, his unit was deployed to northern Kenya to fight against [[Shifta War#background|Somali rebels]]. In 1952, his brigade was deployed against the [[Mau Mau Uprising|Mau Mau rebels]] in Kenya. He was promoted to corporal the same year, then to sergeant in 1953.<ref name="monitor_01012004" />

In 1959, Amin was made [[Effendi|Effendi Class 2]] (Warrant Officer),<ref name="gazette" /> the highest possible rank for a black soldier in the KAR. Amin returned to Uganda the same year and received a short-service commission as a lieutenant on 15 July 1961, becoming one of the first two Ugandans to become commissioned officers.<ref name="gazette">{{London Gazette|issue=42461|supp=y |page=6682 |date=15 September 1961 }}</ref> He was assigned to quell the cattle rustling between Uganda's [[Karamojong people|Karamojong]] and Kenya's [[Turkana people|Turkana]] nomads.<ref name="monitor_01012004" /> According to researcher Holger Bernt Hansen, Amin's outlook, behavior and strategies of communication were strongly influenced by his experiences in the colonial military. This included his direct and hands-on leadership style which would eventually contribute to his popularity among certain parts of Ugandan society.{{sfn|Hansen|1977|p=94}}