You wish !!!
He has said this so often. I am not certain if he means to go.
Nume
emmanuel musaazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
emmanuel musaazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is one of the most patriotic speeches i have read from an African
leader in ages. Kudos to Dr. Semogerere. That speech alone can be used as a
foundation to rebuild and strengthen the Democratic Party.
>From: "Ed Kironde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: ugnet_: Is This It?
>Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:29:26 -0600
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>Is this for real now or we are going to get a rebuttal that Ssemo never
>said anything like it?
>
>Ssemo gives up DP leadership
>By Robert Mwanje
>May 5, 2004
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>KAMPALA - Dr Paul Ssemogerere will not stand as the president-general of
>the Democratic Party in the coming party elections.
>�I think I have served much to my capacity; I think there are other
>capable people to drive the party ahead,� the long serving DP leader
>told journalists at the party headquarters in Kampala yesterday.
>Ssemogerere has been at the helm of the DP since replacing party founder
>Ben Kiwanuka in 1972. He nearly led his party to a national election
>victory in 1980.
>Ssemogerere said that he is mature enough to step aside for others to
>rule and serve democrats in Uganda. He said party elections will be
>conducted soon in respect to the party constitution and members�
>interests.
>He did not specify how soon the elections would be held. �This is a
>people�s party. I would like to associate with their views as we respect
>our constitution at the same time,� he said. Ssemogerere added that
>having a new party president would help the DP develop new ideas and
>acquire more support from the public and international organisations.
>He said that there is no need to resist change in a dynamic world
>because every generation comes with new innovations. On factionalism
>within his party, Ssemogerere said that conflicts are normal.
>�Like in other parties and countries such clashes exist but strategies
>are laid to solve everything,� he said. The DP has in the last four
>years experienced divisions within the ranks, with Mr Francis Bwengye
>setting up his own faction in 2001.
>Bwengye declared himself the party president general shortly before he
>was nominated to contest the 2001 presidential elections.
>The party is now feverishly working to unify and close ranks ahead of
>the general elections in 2006. Meanwhile, Ssemogerere has been elected
>the new federal president of the Union of African Parties for Democracy
>and Development, an international parties and associated non-government
>organisations foundation.
>He was elected during the seventh Windhoek Dialogue meeting held in
>Brussels on April 29.
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