Museveni marks 18 years in power - Uganda

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Kampala - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni marked his 18th year in power with a call to rebels of the Lord's Resisitance Army (LRA) to lay down their arms and benefit from an amnesty.

Museveni seized power in 1986 after a five-year bush war, which he started with 26 companions and in which about 500 000 people died.

He legitimised his presidency in 1996 "no-party" elections.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1075125602983B225&set_id=1

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1. Interesting article from the Monitor

Which is an independant newspaper published in Kampala

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Museveni now tells off donors
By Badru D. Mulumba & Emmanuel Mugarura
Jan 27, 2004


President Museveni inspects an honour guard
marking the 18th NRM Day at Kololo Airstrip
yesterday (PPU photo).

KOLOLO – President Museveni was in a combative mood yesterday as he celebrated 18 years in power.

Speaking during the national celebrations at Kololo Airstrip, Mr Museveni asked donors to keep off the internal affairs of the country.

“These fellows dispense and disperse opinion about everybody and everything in Africa,” he said.

“If foreign dominance and dependence could develop a country, then black Africa would be one of the most developed continents on earth,” Museveni said.

Several donor countries have publicly encouraged Museveni to leave office at the end of his term in 2006.

More at the Monitor (Kampala)

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2. Interesting words from a lackey of colonialism.

Sweet words to cover his own true role. He has served to fracture African unity.