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The Untold Story Behind Uganda’s Darkest Turning Point

An investigative narrative tracing the crimes, conspiracies, and consequences that changed Uganda forever.

What Readers Are Saying

A book that is sparking conversations, memories, and new understandings of our past.

A deeply personal and moving account of a pivotal period in Uganda's history. The author examines cover ups of criminal acts that led to his father's downfall. Sometimes a difficult account to read, but always riveting.

Andrew Cavell Retired Banker

This comprehensive book provides a fascinating insight into pre and post-Amin Uganda. It also provides details of the ‘smoking gun’ that ties Amin to the murder of the author’s father, Mohammed Hassan, the Director of CID, and his two deputies.

William Pike Journalist & Author

It is an enthralling read about Uganda’s recent past, equally appealing to historians and non-historians alike. Especially when one considers how the future of an entire country can be irreversibly altered through one solitary act of wanton violence.

Benjamin Lewis Banker & Consultant

A fascinating account of one of the most tumultuous periods in Ugandan history, told through the lens of the man who was the head of CID at the time, Mohammed Hassan. Written by his son, Mohsin, meticulously researched, this story uses Hassan’s experiences, along with police records, newspaper reports, political documents and a multitude of other sources to create a vivid portrayal of this troubling period.

Anna Cavell, MBE Journalist

As Amin’s spectre fades, Hassan uses his own family’s story to remind us of the human cost of this brutal regime. Interweaving the tyrant’s rise to power with his father’s own story, he leads us to an inevitable tragedy. Whilst his father’s death lies at the heart of his book, Hassan paints a far broader picture of those troubled times, combining rare archival material and recent interviews to describe Uganda’s dramatic post-independence collapse and eventual rebirth. This is an important book.

Andrew Roberts Author

Bloodshed For Power: The Assassination of Uganda tells the true story of Mohamed Hassan, a senior Ugandan police officer whose career was defined by integrity, discipline, and an uncompromising commitment to justice. Rising to become Chief of Police and Head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Hassan earned a reputation for professionalism and moral courage during a period of increasing political instability. Drawing on official records, case histories, and personal testimony, this book traces the investigations that shaped his career and the principles that guided his life. As Idi Amin’s regime seized power, those very principles placed Hassan in grave danger, marking him as an obstacle to tyranny. Imprisoned and ultimately executed, his story stands as a powerful account of honour tested by brutality. Written by his son, this book is both a meticulous historical record and a deeply personal portrait, preserving the legacy of a man who refused to compromise his conscience - even at the cost of his life.

Saira Donaldson Life Coach & Author

A Word From The Author

Bloodshed for Power is both a personal memoir and a meticulously researched history of Uganda’s immediate post-independence era. Drawing on archives, interviews and family memory, I trace how my father’s integrity as a senior detective collided with the ambitions of a rising strongman and how Uganda itself became the ultimate victim.

Mohsin Hassan

Entrepreneur and Writer

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