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Message: <blockquote data-quote="feed" data-source="post: 6677397" data-attributes="member: 142900">1946 - He joins the King's  African      Rifles as an assistant cook. In 1948 he is promoted to corporal. By  1958      he is sergeant-major and platoon commander.    1951 - Amin becomes the  heavyweight      boxing champion of Uganda, holding the title until 1960.    1952 - He serves in the British  action      against the Mau Mau revolt in Kenya (1952-56) and is described by  officials      as "a splendid type and a good (rugby) player, but virtually bone      from the neck up, and needs things explained in words of one  letter."    One former commander remembers Amin "as a splendid and reliable      soldier and a cheerful and energetic man." Another former commander      describes Amin as "an incredible person who certainly isn't mad -      very shrewd, very cunning and a born leader."   1959 - He is made a warrant  officer      with the rank of 'effendi', a position specially created by the  colonial      army for noncommissioned Africans with leadership potential.</blockquote>

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