Abu:
For a starter, when Yoweri Museveni and his NRM goons loot DRC natural resources, who do you think benefit most from such looting? ..answer...of course the West (Particularly US and Britain) Most of the looted DRC resources do end up in Britain and USA. Little wonder then the The US and Britain are "acting Tough" so to say, and continue to support the NRM military dictatorship. The people of Uganda will most definitely remember that in their darkest hour under the NRM military dictatorship, Britain and the US were in cohorts with Museveni dictatorship in a conspiracy to suppress Ugandans. ..and you wonder as to why another Mugabe has not turned up in Uganda yet!!!! to Kick the Imperialist out!!!
Matek
Why attack Mugabe but praise Museveni?
While Britain and her allies imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, they continue to support Uganda, which has a worse democracy and human rights record.
The west support Yoweri Museveni NRM military dictatorship, simply beacuse the west has benefitted enormously from the NRM dictatorship.
For a starter, when Yoweri Museveni and his NRM goons loot DRC natural resources, who do you think benefit most from such looting? of course the west ( Particlualy US and Britain) Most of the looted DRc resources do end up in Britain and USA. Little wonder then the The US and Britain are "acting Tough" so to say, and continue to support the NRM military dictatorship. The people of Uganda will most definately remember that in their darkest hour under the NRM military dictatorship, Britain and the US were inb cohorts with Museveni dictatorship ... mo
Far from aiding democracy, the British are a major obstacle to Ugandaâs aspiration for democracy. For them, any form of government will do in Uganda so long as their interests are served.
In recent months, Zimbabwe has had both economic and âsmartâ sanctions imposed on it and its leaders by Britain, the European Union, America and other Western nations for âviolating the human and democratic rights of its peopleâ.
As such, even English cricketers have been discouraged from going to Zimbabwe. I find this the height of hypocrisy if you consider Ugandaâs appalling record on democracy and human rights and the British love affair with the Ugandan government.
Instead of sanction, Uganda continues to receive praises not only from Britain, but other Western governments and their media in general.
The Times of London reported on January 2, 2003: âSurrounded by unstable neighbours and still coming to terms with its own brutal past, Uganda is the darling of the donor communityâMuseveniâs profound international voice as a man who turned an ungovernable mess into a thriving democracyâ.
A âthriving democracyâ in which opposition parties are not allowed to operate! Museveni has only just recently talked about âopening up the political spaceâ for other parties. We will believe it when we really see it.
Dr Kizza Besigye, Maj. Okwiri Rabwoni, James Opoka, Ms Anne Mugisha and many others who campaigned for the opposition in the last presidential elections had to flee the country.
At least in Zimbabwe, there is a visibly âthrivingâ opposition party that is allowed to exist and contest elections, and nearly win them.
In fact, the MDC holds all the 19 parliamentary seats in the capital, Harare.
In 1999, Zimbabweâs annual application to the IMF was vetoed by Britain and America because they said Zimbabwe was too poor to involve itself in the DR Congo war.
On the same day, Uganda and Rwanda had theirs approved. This kind of double standards does not help developing countries such as ours.
Itâs high time the Ugandan situation was looked at in a more objective and democratic manner by Britain and its allies who have propped up Museveniâs âthriving democracyâ all these years.
If there was really a âthriving democracyâ in Uganda, why has there been a war in the North for the 18 years, and a million people displaced?
Matovu Abu-Bakar,
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