 Complete the following phrase:  Idi Amin was born in Koboko to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. In 1946, he joined the Kings African Rifles KAR of the British Colonial Army as a cook. He rose to the rank of lieutet, taking part in British actions against Somali rebels in the Shifta War and then the Mau Mau rebels in Kenya. Uganda gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, and Amin remained in the armed forces, rising to the position of major and being appointed commander of the Uganda Army in 1965. He became aware that Ugandan President Milton Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, so he launched 