By Robert Mwanje
Sept 19, 2004 - Monitor
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KAMPALA - President Yoweri Museveni has said he will fight Mengo if it decides to join the Movement�s opponents. �If they drop the Movement system and go the wrong side, we shall fight them (Mengo). I am not threatened any more. Even during the 1996 and 2001 presidential elections, Mengo never supported me,� Museveni said. He was speaking on Radio Uganda on Saturday. �I am used to fighting enemies and that�s not new, neither can it worry me any more. I can�t work with bigheaded people,� he said. This followed government�s failure to grant the Kingdom federalism the way they want it. Mengo and government had been engaged in a series of negotiations, which ended in disagreement after Kabaka Ronald Mutebi and Museveni failed to reach a consensus. Museveni said Mengo, the seat of Buganda Kingdom, couldn�t influence his support in any way. �I gain support from what I do but not from particular personalities,� he said. He also said there is no reason anyone should take a hard-line position when negotiations are on. �When you soften your stand you don�t lose anything but you gain something. Even Uganda will not melt tomorrow,� Museveni said. Using a Kinyankole proverb; enjhoka eyorobi emira egumire (meaning, an elastic python can swallow a hard goat), Museveni likened government�s flexibility to that of a python. |
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