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> Idi Amin was an idiot - Musveni
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> By Rogers Mulindwa
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> President Yoweri Museveni yesterday again
> attacked his predecessors.
> Former dictator Idi Amin took the brunt of
> the president's attacks.
> "This Idi Amin was an idiot and a fool who
> had been put in power by the imperialists," he said.
> Museveni was speaking at celebrations to mark
> the 22nd anniversary of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (formerly
> National
> Resistance Army) at Bombo Army headquarters.
> The president said the armed struggle
> launched in 1981 wasn't the first resistance against poor leadership.
> He linked it to the struggle against Amin
> that started in 1971.
> He hailed the Tanzanians for the military
> support to Ugandan exiles who fought to topple Amin from 1971 until
> they succeeded
> in April 1979.
> Museveni also blamed former president Milton
> Obote for using the army to overthrow the 1962 constitution.
> "That?s when we started relying on a gun to
> defend our country," he said.
> Museveni said 70,000 people were killed by
> Obote's forces in Luwero.
> Their skulls are interred at several
> monuments across Luwero.
> Museveni said Amin had killed about 500,000
> Ugandans between 1971 and 1979.
> "Those killing fellow Africans are agents of
> foreign interests," Museveni said.
> The president warned undisciplined soldiers.
> He said any soldier who kills innocent people
> would be shot.
> He said there were three such cases at the
> army court martial in northern Uganda.
> Museveni said the 17-year northern insurgency
> would end soon.
> The function was attended by five senior
> Sudanese army officers led by Lt. Gen. Mohammad.
> "I am happy that the Sudanese delegation is
> with us and I hope the northern border will soon be peaceful," he said.
> He accused former DR Congo presidents Mobutu
> Sese Seko and Laurent Kabila of being behind killings in western Uganda.
> "Mobutu and Kabila were sending terrorists
> into our country and we had to deal with them," Museveni said.
> He did not elaborate.
> He said since the Movement assumed power,
> university enrolment has increased from 4,900 in 1986 to 57,000 in 2002.
> The number of pupils under Universal Primary
> Education has also risen from 2.2 million to 7.4 million.
> Museveni said unemployment would be solved by
> having more industries.
> Army Commander Maj. Gen. James Kazini pledged
> Shs 500,000 to the best guard commander, Lt. D.J. Walimbwa.
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