Should more and more African leaders and intellectuals have this frame of
>mind what would be next???
>Have a look at this Article below!!!!
>
>UGANDAN President Mr Yoweri Museveni yesterday said regime change does not
>work in Africa and also hailed President Mugabe for standing firm against
>Western criticism of the land reform programme.
>
>At a joint Press conference with President Mugabe at State House yesterday
>evening, President Museveni told journalists that those calling for regime
>change in Zimbabwe were doomed as this does not work in Africa.
>
>British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently admitted to working with the
>Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to effect regime change in Zimbabwe.
>
>"We are not worried. It (regime change) canâEUR(tm)t be for black Africa.
It
>cannot happen here," he said, pointing out that his visit was also to show
>solidarity with Zimbabwe and President Mugabe.
>
>On the land issue, the Ugandan leader said ZimbabweâEUR(tm)s land problems
>were created by the British and all the criticism of the land reform
>programme in the West was unjustified because those countries do not want to
>look back and scrutinise the land ownership system in the country before
>colonialism.
>
>"When I hear of the problems created here, I donâEUR(tm)t agree with those
>who condemn Zimbabwe without looking at the whole situation.
>
>"In Uganda, we have the same problem created by the British," said Mr
>Museveni.
>
>He urged Zimbabweans to work hard and maximise production on their land.
>
>President Museveni was addressing thousands of people at Musariri Farm in
>Chegutu, Mashonaland West Province, after touring the fa
rm with
President
>Mugabe.
>
>They were shown different activities including how wheat was irrigated and
>harvested using a combine harvester.
>
>The two leaders were also taken on a tour of the farmâEUR(tm)s abattoir.
>
>The farm, which is run on a commercial scale, is owned by Mr Tobias
>Musariri.
>
>"Because you now have the land, you farm the land, but be careful about Aids
>because with it, you will not farm the land," he said.
>
>He commended President Mugabe for withstanding the psychological torture
>from colonial powers since the days of the African liberation movements in
>the 1960s.
>
>"When I hear these people trying to demonise President Mugabe, I say you
>canâEUR(tm)t demonise a leader of the liberation struggle and expect support
>from us, you are just stupid. Recently I told a certain white person that,"
>said President Museveni.
>
&g
t;"I
donâEUR(tm)t see why Zimbabwe should be ostracised because of this issue
>of land.
>
>"I donâEUR(tm)t see how Europeans or any of these countries can demo- nise a
>leader of a liberation movement.
>
>"These liberation movements are like Moses in the Bible. Nobody could
>demonise Moses. We recognise and salute the founding fathers of Africa, Mr
>Mugabe, Mwalimu Nyerere, Joshua Nkomo, Nelson Mandela, Nkrumah," he added at
>the Press conference.
>
>At the farm he also said he cherished the unity that exists in the country
>after President Mugabe united Zanu-PF and the late Vice President
>NkomoâEUR(tm)s PF-Zapu in 1987, the two liberation war parties that fought
>for the countryâEUR(tm)s independence.
>
>Mr Museveni said while Africa could be critical of the former colonial
>masters, it should be remembered that they colonised the continent because
>of its
weaknesses.
>
>"Even today, we are still fragmented. ThatâEUR(tm)s why you see a country
>like Zimbabwe being put in the dock. The arrogance of some of these players
>is because of our weaknesses, we must be united," said the Ugandan leader.
>
>He said there was a theory that Europe helps Africa but if one studies it
>closely, it was Africa that has been helping Europe all along.
>
>President Museveni said it was now time for Africa to ask for access to
>markets instead of asking for aid. He reiterated that the exportation of raw
>materials from African countries was no longer ideal because those raw
>materials were being bought at lower prices compared to processed products.
>
>Giving an example of cotton, he said the bulk of the crop was exported after
>ginning while there were other processes it could be converted into like
>weaving to add value before it is
exported.
>
>"Unemployment is there because jobs for the processing and finishing are
>exported with the crop as raw material," he said.
>
>President Museveni said his country was interested in irrigation techniques,
>crocodile and fish farming, pharmaceutical products, dairy products, coal,
>fruits and tourism from Zimbabwe.
>
>He said Uganda was keen to have Air Zimbabwe fly to the country to enhance
>tourism between the two countries and discussions on the issue were still
>going on.
>
>The Ugandan leader said he was pleased to see how farmers in Mashonaland
>West province were doing. He invited all Zimbabweans who wanted to do
>business in his country to take advantage of the existing opportunities and
>start now.
>
>Addressing the same gathering, President Mugabe said Africa had some level
>of development of skills, certain capabilities in fields like mining
,
road
>building, infrastructural development and commerce and those could be used
>by different countries on the continent to develop each other.
>
>He said it was better for the countries to beg among themselves instead of
>continuing to talk about poverty and move around with a begging bowl of the
>African Union (AU).
>
>"Everytime we go down on our knees, âEUR~We are hungry, we are hungry, we
>have diseaseâEUR(tm). Yes we liberated ourselves but we are still colonised
>in the mind," said Cde Mugabe.
>
>He said African countries should get awake and liberate themselves and get
>to know who they were and what their countries can yield.
>
>"Let us be true to our messages from now on, work diligently and show that
>working together we are able to move our countries on a true path of
>transformation."
>
>President Mugabe said no one was absolutely knowledgeable but
only
fools
>could claim that. He said there was always room for learning through being
>open and knowing what other people could teach others.
>
>He praised his Ugandan counterpart as a great son of Africa and said the
>people of Mashonaland West had been the most fortunate of all the
>countryâEUR(tm)s provinces to be visited by President Museveni.
>
>Uganda, he said, produces cotton and coffee and other products in large
>volumes and they were keen to know about ZimbabweâEUR(tm)s capabilities so
>that the two countries could work together in different sectors of their
>countriesâEUR(tm) economies.
>
>The Ugandan delegation, which includes four cabinet ministers, is
>particularly interested to learn from ZimbabweâEUR(tm)s agricultural and
>pharmaceutical industries.
>
>President Museveni is the current chairman of the Common Market for Eastern
>and Southern Africa, a 19-mem
ber
regional grouping promoting trade and
>investment in East and Southern Africa.
>
>Leaders who attended the ninth Comesa summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala
>in June this year called on the regional bloc to strive to export finished
>goods and demand equal access to world markets.
>
>Earlier on, President Museveni told Ugandan nationals resident in Zimbabwe
>that he would discuss with his Zimbabwean counterpart plans to set up a
>consulate in Zimbabwe.
>
>The consulate would, among other issues, cater for the welfare of Ugandans
>in Zimbabwe and promote trade and investment between the two countries.
>
>He made the remarks when responding to issues raised by resident Ugandans at
>a meeting at the Sheraton Hotel.
>
>UgandaâEUR(tm)s embassy, which also covers Zimbabwe, is in Pretoria, South
>Africa, but Ugandan nationals in Zimbabwe felt there was need to set up
a
>consulate in Harare.
>
>Mr Museveni said he did not want to set up an embassy when there was no
>evidence of business, arguing that an embassy was not a decorative feature
>to be used for wining and dining.
>
>Mr Museveni spoke at length on a number of issues including HIV and Aids.
>
>He said he was particularly unhappy with Western values that promote the use
>of condoms. Mr Museveni said there were a number of diseases that the condom
>can not prevent.
>
>He said HIV and Aids were preventable conditions.
>
>"Aids in not very infectious. You must work very hard to get it. You cannot
>get it casually. In the early days of the disease some countries were afraid
>of openly talking of HIV and Aids for fear of scaring away tourists. But if
>the tourists keep to their terms of reference, they will not get the
>disease," he said.
>
>He blamed the West f
or
bringing confusion through the promotion of condom
>use.
>
>"I say unmarried people abstain from sex because itâEUR(tm)s not on the
>books. Time for organised and disciplined sex will come. Once you have a
>partner stick to that partner," he said.
>
>"Europeans say use condoms but there are sexual sicknesses that condoms
>cannot stop. Because of greed for money, the Europeans are endangering the
>human race," he said.
>
>President Museveni also blasted the mentality among most Africans that
>everything American or European was good.
>
>"Why should we worship America yet God said thou shall not worship idols,"
>he said.
>
>He also discussed the political, social and economic developments in Uganda.
>The gathering was composed of professionals from Uganda working in the
>various fields in Zimbabwe.
>
>Before meeting the Ugandan nationals, Mr Museveni la
id a
wreath on the Tomb
>of the Unknown Soldier at the National Heroes Acre.
>
>He inspected a quarter guard mounted by the Presidential Guard.
>
>President Museveni was shown around the shrine by the curator of national
>museums, Retired Colonel Edgar Nkiwane.
>
>The visiting President would take off his hat and bow each time he was shown
>a grave of a fallen hero he knew.
>
>Mr Nkiwane explained to him the meaning of the sketches at a wall at the
>national shrine.
>
>The sketches show the various stages leading to independence from the days
>of oppression, the crossing into neighbouring countries by nationalist
>leaders and fighters, the participation of the masses, the victories in
>battle and independence in 1980.
>
>In the evening Presidents Mugabe and Museveni witnessed the signing of
>co-operation agreements in agriculture and tourism by Zimbabwean and
Ugandan
>Ministers of Agriculture and Tourism at State House before they addressed
>the joint Press conference.
>
>After the signing of the agreements, the two leaders said the agreement and
>President MuseveniâEUR(tm)s visit had paved the way for further co-operation
>in other areas such as mining and health.
>
>President Museveni invited President Mugabe to visit Uganda and Cde Mugabe
>accepted the invitation.
>
>Last night President Museveni was scheduled to address Zimbabwean business
>people at a dinner before returning home.
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