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Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has castigated unnamed foreign powers for continuing to lecture African countries on good governance saying some of them don’t mean well for the continent.
In his inauguration address, Museveni said that it is quite comical to hear some people giving African leaders lectures about democracy.
“It is quite comical to hear some people giving us lectures about democracy. Giving us a lecture about democracy, what are your credentials? If you want to know what we are doing in a respectful way we shall show you, but no lectures,” Museveni advised.
On the economy of Uganda, Museveni said that Uganda had transitioned from a country of deficits to an economy of surpluses in agricultural production and manufacturing during his tenure.
“In 1986, Uganda was a land of shortages, no sugar, no soap, no paraffin, no textile, no salt, no sodas, no beer, no petrol etc. With limited waking up of sections of the population, Uganda now is a country of surpluses,” he said.
Museveni was sworn-in yesterday for his sixth term as president.
The Ugandan leader thanked President Uhuru Kenyatta and other regional Heads of State for opening up their markets to Ugandan exports including sugar and maize surpluses.
Kenyatta assured Museveni of Kenya’s continued cooperation with Uganda in bilateral and multilateral partnerships including regional integration efforts for the mutual benefit of all East Africans.
Kenyatta, who is the current Chairperson of the East African Community, was accompanied by Cabinet Secretaries Raychelle Omamo (Foreign Affairs), Peter Munya (Agriculture) and James Macharia (Infrastructure).
Other Presidents who were present include; Felix Tshisekedi (DR Congo), Alpha Conde (Guinea), Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan), Hague Geingob (Namibia) and Nana Akufo Addo (Ghana) attended the ceremony held at Kololo Independence Grounds in central Kampala.
Others were Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe), Mohamed Abdullahi Faarmajo (Somalia), Evariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi), Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania), Sahle-Work Zewde (Ethiopia).
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