At the time of the expulsion, there were approximately 80,000 individuals of Indian descent in Uganda, of whom 50,000 were British passport holders, though Amin himself used a figure of 80,000 British passport holders in his expulsion speech.
At the time of the expulsion, there were approximately 80,000 individuals of Indian descent in Uganda, of whom 23,000 had had their applications for citizenship processed and accepted. A further 50,000 were British passport holders, though Amin himself used the apparently exaggerated figure of 80,000 British passport holders in his initial expulsion speech.