It now emerges that fallen Ugandan dictator Iddi Amin was at some point a high profile visitor at the Nakuru State Lodge.
The 1975 historical event happened after Amin's jet developed mechanical complications on his way back home from Ethiopia.
This compelled him to land in Kenya and reorganize his flight back home, according to the Standard.
And though Kenya and Uganda were not in a good relationship at the time as a result of the mysterious disappearance of Kung'u Karumba, Jomo Kenyatta's buddy, in Uganda on June 15, 1974, Amin was accorded Presidential treatment when he landed.
According to media reports on July 9, 1975, Amin landed at the Embakasi Airport where he was met by a delegation led by then Vice President Daniel Moi and Cabinet Ministers Robert Ouko, Paul Ngei and assistant minister Babu Wood.
From there he left for Nakuru to meet Jomo Kenyatta, as well using the opportunity to lobby Kenyatta to not boycott the forthcoming Organization of African Union (OAU) elections where he (Amin) was eyeing the chairmanship seat.
Amin stayed in the country for two days and would later briefly reject Kenyatta's offer to facilitate his travel back home, in fear that the Kenyan government would sneak in explosives to kill him en route to Entebbe.
This came only a short time after he toppled Milton Obote, a move that saw him create many enemies across Europe and Africa, Kenya included, and feared possible retaliation.
He, however, later accepted Kenya's Cessna 5Y-ATL plane offer after assurances that he would be safe, and was accompanied by Moi and his (Moi's) bodyguard Kikemboi Yator to assure Amin that there were no evil plans.
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