Thursday, October 30, 2003
Idi Amin's son meets Museveni
By EMMA MUTAIZIBWA
KAMPALA, Wednesday
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Mr Taban Amin (left) meets President Museveni at State House, Nakasero, on Tuesday. Photo by PPU |
A son of deceased dictator Idi Amin, Mr Taban Amin, met President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday.
Mr Amin said he is ready to work under President Museveni for the good of Uganda.
He met President Museveni at State House, Nakasero, in Kampala.
The former dictator died of kidney failure in a Saudi Arabian hospital on July 17, where he had been living in exile.
According to a statement from the presidential press unit, the younger Amin returned from self- imposed exile in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan early this week.
President Museveni said there is no need for anyone to be in self-imposed exile at this stage of Uganda's development.
He assured Mr Amin that he is welcome because Uganda is his country.
Although the government did not hold any official recognition of Amin's death, the president moved to heal any wounds while meeting the younger Amin.
Mr Museveni said the struggle of the Movement government was against illegality of governance rather than personal matters.
He said the contribution of the Movement was aimed at making sure that Uganda reverted to constitutional rule.
He told Mr Amin that by 1995, the country had already got a new constitution. President Museveni promised to support Mr Amin "in any way possible". He added that Mr Amin's supporters, both in the DRC and the Sudan, would be assisted to relocate to Uganda.
Mr Amin, who at one time took over the Ugandan embassy in Kinshasa and was reportedly organising a rebel group to attack Uganda, thanked Mr Museveni for his warm invitation and welcome at State House.
He advised the people of Uganda that there isn't much to gain by fighting, dividing and destroying the country.
Mr Amin said differences should be put aside in order to build a nation "that is a pride of future generations".
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