The Forgotten Nyeri House of Idi Amin: The Colonial Barracks That Traces His Early Military Years in Kenya

quiet police compound in central Kenya holds a little-known chapter of Ugandan history, tied to the early life of former Ugandan leader Idi Amin.

Tucked within Kiamachimbi Police Station in Mathira Constituency, Nyeri County, stands an aging wooden house believed to have once hosted Amin during his service in the colonial military.

The structure, reportedly built around 1939, dates back to the British colonial period when Kenya was under imperial rule. It was originally constructed to house senior officers serving in the King’s African Rifles, the British army unit that recruited heavily from East Africa.

Amin, who enlisted in the regiment in the 1940s, was among those deployed across the region, including central Kenya at the height of the Mau Mau Uprising. Get The Full Story Here