Museveni should sack himself, since:
"...Museveni has ... himself been accused by U.N. officials of involvement in the illegal exploitation of the Democratic Republic of Congo's natural wealth. ..."
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Subject: ugnet_: UGANDA LEADER SACKS ARMY CHIEF
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:52:31 -0400
KAMPALA, June 6 (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni sacked his army commander on Friday, removing a figure accused by United Nations experts of playing a key role in the plundering of Congo's natural resources.
Museveni has faced pressure from aid donors to tackle corrupt officials and has himself been accused by U.N. officials of involvement in the illegal exploitation of the Democratic Republic of Congo's natural wealth.
A statement from Museveni's office said Major-General James Kazini, who was appointed in November 2001, would be replaced by Major-General Aronda Nyakairima.
"The president has promoted Brigadier Aronda Nyakairima to Major-General and appointed him the new army commander of the Uganda People's Defence Forces," the statement said.
A report issued last year by U.N. experts on looting in the mineral-rich Congo named Kazini as one of the key figures in an elite Ugandan network it accused of pillaging gold, diamonds, timber and other commodities.
The report, which followed a similar U.N. investigation published in 2001, accused members of the Ugandan, Rwandan and Zimbabwean armed forces of involvement in the plunder.
Officials in the three country's have denied the charges. Museveni has dismissed allegations by U.N. investigators that he was involved.
A Ugandan probe to investigate the U.N. charges said in May it had exonerated Museveni, but recommended that Kazini and Museveni's sister-in-law be investigated in connection with alleged diamond smuggling in the Congo.
Congo's war, now gradually subsiding, began in 1998 when Rwanda and Uganda invaded eastern Congo to help rebel groups fight the Kinshasa government, which was propped up by troops from Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia.
The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
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