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Nonsense,
M7 family doctor in London is an Acholi!!!! Doctor are
professional prerve life not killers. In 18 years M7 could have trained his
own family medical specialist if he wanted but his only speciality is child
soldiers destroying people's & nation's children.
Toro
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:35
AM
Subject: [Ugandacom] Ugandan President
Fears 'Hostile Doctors'
Ugandan President Fears 'Hostile
Doctors'
By HENRY
WASSWA
.c The Associated
Press
KAMPALA,
Uganda (AP) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Sunday he and his family
travel abroad for medical treatment because he fears ``hostile doctors'' who
could try to kill him.
In a letter to the independent Sunday Monitor
and government-owned Sunday Vision newspapers, Museveni said that the problem
with the Ugandan medical system is ``that some of the doctors are
partisan.''
``I regard myself and my immediate family as a principal
target for the criminal forces,'' he said.
The letter was in response
to an article published by The Monitor newspaper two weeks ago that criticized
Museveni for using his presidential jet to fly one of his daughters, Natasha,
to Germany to give birth. His daughter-in-law, who was also pregnant, also
went on the trip.
The Monitor article alleged that the flight to
Germany cost Uganda $90,000, and that the women's medical expenses were paid
for by the government.
Museveni, however, said he paid for all the
medical expenses and said the flight cost the state $27,000.
Museveni
said getting medical treatment abroad was part of ``our survival strategy in
still hostile circumstances.''
``The issue is about security given some
of the hostile doctors we have in the medical system here. In spite of being
in Kampala for 17 years now, I have never rushed into a clinic and had my
veins pierced in order to draw my blood for examination,'' Museveni said in
the letter. ``Even abroad, we take precautions.''
He said two attempts
were made on his life in the 1980s when he ``reluctantly'' visited another,
unidentified African leader. He gave no other details about those who might
want to harm him or his family.
Onapito Ekomoloit, an adviser to
Museveni, told The Associated Press that Museveni believes some Uganda doctors
are among ``the best in the world,'' and blamed the security concerns on
Uganda's ``complicated political history.''
Museveni's leadership has
been increasingly criticized in recent years because of his country's
involvement in the devastating civil war in neighboring Congo. His governing
National Resistance Movement has also been accused of corruption and opponents
say he must allow Uganda to return to a multiparty political
system.
Museveni seized power in 1986 after leading a five-year bush
war. Since then, he has governed the country under a ``no-party'' political
system which allows political parties to exist but severely restricts their
activities, particularly recruitment and fund-raising.
Museveni is
regarded as a close ally of the West; President Bush visited Uganda during his
five-nation tour of Africa in July and financial assistance from Western
nations and lending institutions account for more than 40 percent of Uganda's
annual budget.
10/05/03 16:53
EDT
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