A Shekarar dai ta 1978,gwamnatin Marigayi Idi Amin ta yi kokarin mamaye wasu yankuna na kasar Tanzania,to sai dai kuma a 1978 gwamnatin shugaba Julius Nyerere ta fatattaki Idi Amin daga Tanzania,kuma ta mamaye birnin kamfala da taimakon yan tawayen Uganda,inda nan take aka mayar da Obote kan mukaminsa.
