I did not hide. I have been here reading everyone's views and reactions to what our current leaders are doing. I am bemused too, by the ludicrous things that our new breed of enlightened leaders do, moreover not only without "fear or shame" but also with favour.
A leader's view is as good as his/her grasp of history. I recall M7's honeymoon utterances and actions after he captured power. He excoriated some African leaders for jetting off to Western capitals and leading a life that was far removed from their people, the majority of whom did not have even shoes. According to press reports at the time, he bought a wooden bed made locally at Kawempe and took it home for his use. He touted his “ten-point programme” with such fervour that it would make some listeners dizzy, with concepts such as "sectarianism." I bet he does not recall those 10 points as well as he did then. If he does, I don't think he remembers their sequence. All that is history that is conveniently forgotten by M7 and his cronies. Now we read press reports that M7's children drive luxurious cars courtesy of Uganda Parliament, "Cabinet", Uganda Revenue Authority, taxpayers, loans, etc. Uganda’s debt and how fast it has risen since 1986 is hardly on the majority’s radar. They know more about “big brother” and Gaetano’s escapades than that their country is being mortgaged. Arrogance has displaced shame to the extent that M7's daughter was flown to Europe to give birth to his grandchild. He ordered his military chopper to fly Gaetano (who has become as popular as M7 once was—a sad commentary on the state of our country, but that is another story) and his entourage to Kampala from Northern Uganda. Everything is done at the whim of one man, who is zealously seeking to consolidate power in his presidency using sham review commissions, referenda and a moribund parliament. M7 exults in the ignorance of the majority of Ugandans, mostly rural “peasants,” to use the term he used incessantly in the 1980s. Whereas the more and better oratorical Obote used to say that the trio combination of poverty, ignorance and disease where the most inimical to Ugandans, we now have an enlightened president who ignores poverty and disease. He is not shy or ashamed to align himself with entities and corporations that do not want exceptions to be made with regard to the manufacture of cheap patented drugs that could alleviate pandemics such as HIV/AIDS. He has probably learnt too much for our own good from his kraal. He is the bullish bull! S In a message dated 9/30/2003 2:36:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 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.... -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
