Excuuuse me!
Other than his own and that of his corrupt cronies, what anti-poverty programs has Museveni implemented?
Don't know about you, but there is a larger proportion of poor people today than when Museveni came to power.
What Museveni has done for the last 20 years has been to engage in all sorts of ill-advised military adventurism: invading and looting the DRC -- losing three battles to tiny Rwanda in the process, losing 2 decades worth of fighting against Kony's poorly armed & poorly trained rag-tag band of fighters -- notwithstanding even a single deadline to defeat his nemesis, etc, etc. The result has been a 2 lost generation wallowing in abject misery and horrible suffering in inhuman concentration camps in Northern Uganda.
Museveni has also single-handedly run the economy into the ground and has transformed Uganda into a beggar nation, perennially dependent on the charity and handouts of Western donors.
Just look at the state of our roads, our schools, or any other component of infrastructure! Uganda cannot afford Museveni and his robber barons for another 5 years.
What was the frequency of the word "mivumba" in Uganda's lexicon before Museveni and his bandits grabbed power? Or did you just miss a big article on the subject in the New York Times in which Uganda -- a cotton producing country, for crying out loud! -- was used as the prime example of this phenomenon in whole of Africa?
As for anti-AIDS campaigns, there are very many people who are vastly superior to Museveni.
Museveni's time to go was 10 years ago. Museveni, who has long overstayed his welcome, is the problem in Uganda, and he should leave power, now.
Simon Nume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ignore Geldorf�s outbursts on Museveni, Africa
SIR� Mr. Geldof is advising President Museveni that his �time is up and he should go away.� This to me is laughable and should be ignored by any serious Ugandan. It is absolutely questionable how such a person considers himself an expert on Africa�s or Uganda�s politics.
Geldof agrees that Museveni has successfully implemented poverty and AIDS measures and later links stagnation in poverty to his bid to stay in power. Isn�t this contradictory?
On the other hand, such generalisation of African countries with the developed countries in terms of politics is wrong. Such analyses should take into consideration the local situation and past history.
I would agree with the opinion of the honourables; Bidandi, Sabiiti, Butuuro, Prof. Bukenya and others but would definitely disagree with the opinion of Geldof on third term because it is full of gross assumptions and pre-conceived conclusions. Ugandans are mature enough and should therefore be left to sort out
the
issue of third term without external influence.
Charles Niwagaba
Makerere University
Published on: Wednesday, 16th March, 2005
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