Museveni warns South Sudanese against tribalism and divisions
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10 July 2013 (JUBA) - Speaking at South Sudan’s independence
celebrations on Tuesday Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, warned
Africans against tribalism and divisions stressing they allow foreign
interferences.
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President of Uganda,Yoweri Museveni, left and President of South
Sudan, Salva Kiiri Mayardit, are seen during the second independence
anniversary of South Sudan in Juba, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (Photo AP )
"Why do we weaken ourselves with divisions, tribalism so that a
foreigner comes and divide us more?” Museveni asked.
The Uganda’s president said Africans lack organisation and have
religious divisions which weaken them.
Since South Sudan’s independence the country has been blighted by
fighting between ethnic groups, cattle raiding and rebellions. Jonglei
state has been the worst affected with rebels there accusing of
marginalising minority groups.
"Africans are leading foreigners into temptations by being weak. When
you are weak, you invite foreigners to come and oppress you. Weakness
should not be among us, we must cure internal weakness internally",
Museveni told thousands of celebrants at the Dr. John Garang Mausoleum
in Juba on Tuesday.
The Ugandan president called for unity and quoted an African proverb
that “the teeth with a gap never grind the meat well”. Many in the
crowd interpreted the choice of proverb as a reference to the current
power struggle between South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir and his
deputy Riek Machar who come from different ethnic groups.
Museveni, observing the infrastructural development in Juba since a
peace deal in 2005, said that the country had been held back by
decades of civil war.
Botswana’s president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, urged South Sudanese to
continue with the vision of the martyr and that the national
reconciliation process should develop a mechanism to boost unity among
the young nation.
Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, on his part, encouraged the creation of greater
inter-Africa infrastructure and larger economic blocks and to promote
social economic relationships.
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