Sarah Kyolaba | |
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First Lady of Uganda | |
In office 2 August 1975 – 11 April 1979 | |
President | Idi Amin |
Preceded by | Miria Obote |
Succeeded by | Hannah Lule |
Personal details | |
Born | 1955 Kampala, Uganda |
Died | 11 June 2015 London, England | (aged 59–60)
Cause of death | Cancer |
Spouse | |
Residence | London |
Sarah Kyolaba Tatu Namutebi Amin (1955 – 11 June 2015), also known by her stage name "Suicide Sarah", was a Ugandan dancer who was dictator Idi Amin's fifth and last-surviving wife. She met Amin when she was a 19-year-old go-go dancer and they married in 1975. The couple had three children but Kyolaba left Amin after he went into exile in 1979. She moved to England where she ran a restaurant and later a hair salon. She died from cancer in 2015.