[Ugnet] Re: [FedsNet] M7 gained from neo-colonialism [Letters--Wkly Observer]

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Mr. Basudde:

 

Thank you so very much for posting the letter which hilights Museveni's hypocrsy.

 

Doe anyone recall how he(MU7) lambasted African leaders for wanting fancy titles e.g. "his excellency", and flying off to attend OAU or UN conferences in multi-millon dollar jets while the citizens were walking bearfoot?

 

Well on his watch, not only did he buy a US $40M presidential gulf-stream that had even conservertive then senator Grahm (R- TX)  bewildered about the opulence of third world presidents -- he quickly added a US $400,000 Range Rover (are its rims made of gold?),  and that was after he had already acquired a US $1M mercedes benz --, but citizens of Uganda today die of jiggers!

 

To add insult to injury, he has proposed that the State House be rebuilt completely. Cost? A cool US $150M! And that was after the old State House was perennially allocated money to repair it don't (just take my word for it, look at copies of the past budgets), and after the public had balked at an obscenely overpriced repair bill of US $60M., etc etc etc.

 

Museveni runs circles around Swaziland's King Muswati when it comes to squandering a nation's scarce financial resources or running up a public debt that  would take all the drunken sailors from an armada of aircraft carriers a month of Sundays to even rival.

 

By the time you toss in looting the natural resources of the DRC -- oh yes, the DRC will sue Uganda for reparations even if by then Mu7 may be sweating in purgatory-- and you got one heck of a mess!

 

Need I mention that as of now, Uganda is a reccuring basket case that depends on begging and charity for well over 50% of her annual budget -- debt forgiveness be damned, and in spite of the fact that there has been no Ethiopian level-drought in Uganda for decades??

 

Need I detain you while I wonder at the NGOization of the Ugandan economy to a level not seen befor on the African continent.

 

But, what truly amazes me, is that a man with with such an abysmal record is shamelessly campaining to be re-elected!

 

Ugandans need to wake up and ask him soberly: what have you done for me lately, and at what cost?

 

James Basudde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

M7 gained from neo-colonialism

14th April 2005

While presiding over the release of the 2002 National Census results at Speke Resort Muyonyo, the President lambasted foreigners for meddling in our national affairs, saying they failed to govern us when they where our colonial masters.

Much as what Museveni said might seem sensible, even the President is a direct beneficiary of the neo-colonial era. In 1986, when he had just captured power, Museveni came in with a mentality of self-reliance and Africanisation, castigating former leaders for purchasing furniture from Italy when it could be made locally in Kawempe. He also wondered why they should spend lavishly on cutlery from Europe when he was drinking from a mug made by TUMPECO.

As they say, time is the best judge, and now 20 years down the road, we have a Westernised President Museveni whose State House furniture is imported from Europe; whose daughter delivers in EUROPE. When he quarrels with his neighbours (such as Rwanda), he has to fly to EUROPE to settle their differences. When his daughters need education, they have to be enrolled in Western fashion colleges in Minnesota, U.S.A.

When his son needs military training, he is enrolled at Sandhurst Military Academy, previously having been enrolled at Nottingham University – all in EUROPE.
His motorcade is composed of vehicles manufactured in EUROPE; the President’s suits, shoes and ties are all made in EUROPE. So when you start criticising the Europeans, you should remember that you are a direct beneficiary of neo-colonialism.

So we should all ask ourselves, should the Europeans be wrong to criticise you if the opulence of your lifestyle and family evolves around their products and when over 50 percent of your national budget is donor funded?

As the saying goes, people who live in glasshouses should not throw stones.

Malcolm Byagaba, London. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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