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YOU SEE: Yash Tandon in Kampala recently |
Ugandan-born trade activist prof. Yash Tandon has dismissed the current political debate as diversionary, reports Joe Nam.
He said Uganda�s and Africa�s disadvantaged role in the global trading system is what should top debate in the country.
�The most important thing for the country now is not whether the Constitution is amended to allow a third term or not, but Uganda�s position in the global trading system. This is what has a far-reaching impact as every country depends on what it produces and sells.
Tandon, who was part of the UNLF government under Lule and participated in the struggle against Amin, is in the country to help facilitate in training at Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel in Entebbe.
�Ugandans will be shocked to wake up one day and find that all their basic rights to livelihood, natural and intellectual resources have been unwittingly signed away at WTO (World Trade Organisation) ministerial summits and other meetings,� h
e said.
He said African Government officials were under intense pressure from foreign powers to sign enslaving treaties without the knowledge of their peoples.
Published on: Friday, 26th March, 2004 (NEW VISION) | | |
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