The writing is on the wall, but as the Baganda say "Ssekirembwe kitaakule, kizimba lumuli" or "Ndiwulira ..."see also:
http://uganda.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/03/22/uganda_fedayin_storm_british_embassy.html
www.pscottcummins.com/blog/2005/03/britains-geldof-get-grip-museveni-your.html
www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10257.html
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=241278&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Jonathan Chadiha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Africa (From Mail & Guardian, SA) JC
'Your time is up, Museveni'
Jean-Jacques Cornish
15 June 2005 09:00
Time is running out for Yoweri Museveni, whose
achievements in running Uganda for 19 years have
allowed him to get away with political murder.
But the man once compared with Nelson Mandela for his
statesmanship is increasingly being likened to Robert
Mugabe for clinging to power.
Rock star and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof put it
succinctly: �The president of Uganda, who implemented
poverty measures and Aids measures that all worked
with debt relief, is now trying to be president for
life. Get a grip, Museveni. Your time is up.�
Domestically Museveni is under increased pressure from
Ugandans who had hoped he might be the first leader in
their 43-year postcolonial history to preside over a
legal change of government.
�Museveni has paid lip service to multiparty
democracy,� says Kiiza Besigye, leader of the Forum
for Democratic Change (FDC).
�In fact, he has built up an oppressive security
network to crush any opposition. Now he is trying to
tamper with the Constitution to make himself president
for life.�
The FDC, formed last August, claims to be the largest
opposition coalition in Uganda.
Its 40-person executive met in South Africa last
weekend. �We are meeting here because the government
of Uganda is not interested in allowing a free
environment for political activity,� Besigye said.
�I was forced to leave Uganda for fear of my life,
after opposing Museveni in the 2002 presidential
election.
�I want to return to Uganda as soon as it is safe to
do so to participate in the run-up to the election
scheduled for next March.�
An opinion poll conducted by the Monitor n ewspaper in
Kampala this week found majority support for Besigye�s
return.
The FDC plan of action combines domestic legal
challenges and a defiance campaign with mobilising
international support -- particularly among Africans.
Museveni�s behaviour is doing much of the opposition�s
job for it.
At the end of April Britain withheld R60-million in
aid citing government delays in implementing
multiparty democracy. Half of Uganda�s budget is
financed by development aid.
Museveni disingenuously hit back, ordering officials
to cut reliance on foreign aid and warning Britain
they would look elsewhere for assistance.
In Washington last week, a United States-sponsored
forum heard that his unconstitutional desire to retain
power threatens his positive legacy.
Problems are coming from all angles. The government
has been unable to contain the 17-year insurgency of
the Lord�s Resistance Army in the north. Relations< BR>with Rwanda continue to deteriorate, culminating in
his former comrade Paul Kagame cancelling a visit to
Uganda this week. And last week Human Rights Watch
identified Uganda as the major consumer and
distributor of gold mined in the Democratic Republic
of Congo by warlords.
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