Where have you been hiding all this time? So we finally managed to re-discover YOU? Oh yes! those two share plenty and I keep telling people they are lying in the same bed. Every time they wake up to act, Planet Earth loses plenty in terms of life, freedom, resources which they confine only to themselves. By the time they are done Planet Earth will be non-existance but they would have bought land on the moon and flawn there at our expense. Welcome back and don't disappear again and deprive us of your talents on the net. amk --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > M7 is erratic in thought and an intellectual > pretender. Incidentally, he shares many traits with > the current US president. > > Batera emundu, batunga obusingye! > > Stephen > > > In a message dated 9/29/2003 11:56:39 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Mw. Semakula, > > This is from Daily Nation. > > > > How M7's letter torpedoed Cancun talks > > By SUNDAY G. KISANGARA > > Reports that President Yoweri Museveni has > confirmed sending a letter to the > > head of Uganda's delegation at the WTO conference > at Cancun, urging them to > > support the European and US position rather than > that of the developing > > countries displays a failure to understand the > factors that affect poor > > economies in globalisation. > > > > We know that Museveni wholeheartedly embraced the > Agoa Bill when it was being > > debated in the US and offered little or no support > to the HOPE of Africa Bill > > that was floated as an alternative to Agoa. > > > > I really wonder whether he understood Agoa and its > implications and whether he > > ever tried to examine the rationale of HOPE. > > > > Museveni�s arguments against dumping in the > African context are rather shallow. > > African countries produce primarily agricultural > products. They have not dumped > > these goods on the US market. On the contrary, the > US has dumped agricultural > > products ranging from maize to soya, in Africa > directly, or indirectly in the > > form of aid. > > > > On the other hand, Asian countries have dumped > electronic goods on the African > > market, undercutting the expensive Western > electronic goods. This Asian dumping > > is in Africa's interests, given that we don�t > manufacture any electronic goods. > > > > What African governments should do in the short > term is to welcome the cheap > > manufactured goods from Asia and draw up a > strategy on how to reverse this in > > the long term. > > > > For 18 years, Museveni has not put a long-term > strategy in place for the local > > manufacturing sector. He is therefore responsible > for the Asian dumping of > > their manufactures on our market. > > > > Museveni also fails to understand that the main > reasons why African governments > > can�t sell their agricultural products in Western > markets is because of > > artificial restrictions caused by Europeans and US > government subsidies that > > distort the market, tilting the balance in favour > of Western farmers. > > > > The US legislature passed a Bill authorising > massive subsidies to US farmers > > just weeks after passing the Agoa Bill. Does Mr > Museveni really think this was > > intended to promote Agoa? Does he think Africans > can ever trade freely and > > fairly in an open market without proper reforms? > We all know that Museveni is a > > strong advocate of Uganda�s reflexive solidarity > with the US and EC, something > > that is not out of love for his country, but > rather, the need to entrench > > himself in Uganda's politics. > > > > These imperialists, out of their national economic > interests, have bank-rolled > > his regime; turned a blind eye to the chaos in our > country; paid no attention > > to Museveni's activities in Rwanda; overlooked > Uganda�s activities in the DRC, > > and remained silent on rampant corruption in the > country. > > > > As a result, he torpedoed the WTO conference in > Cancun through his letter, and > > the end loser in this game was the poor Ugandan > farmer. > > > > In his letter, Museveni showed a degree of envy > for emerging economies like > > India and Brazil. The performance of the Indian > economy, for example, today > > threatens jobs in the developed world, be it in > the IT sector where Western > > companies have out-sourced their cheap services; > in pharmaceutical industries, > > and in manufacturing. Now, companies like Rover > are engaged in delicate > > negotiations with TATA of India. > > > > We should learn from them and not look at them as > threats in international > > negotiations that affect the livelihood of 90 per > cent of our people. > > > > We could easily acquire technology from countries > like India, Malaysia, Taiwan, > > China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore, that is > commensurate with our economic > > circumstances instead of looking to the Western > world. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Mr Kisangara is a Ugandan journalist resident in > the United Kingdom > > > > \\\\\\\"Always be a first rate version of yourself > instead > > of a second rate > > version of someone else.\\\\\\\\\\\\\" > > > > Njoki Paul > > University of Pretoria > > > -------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug
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