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Yoweri Museveni: May be you can learn a lesson or two from the actions of US
President George Bush. If for nothing else, other then the actions President Bush
has taken below, one MUST surely admire him for this move. This is what statesmanship is all about. As for Museveni he is instead blaming Mugisha Muntu for the mess the NRM military dictatorship has created In northern Uganda .. and For the records even though Hurricane Katrina has cause tremendous physical damage were it strike in Southern USA, per harps all said, the Hurricane will probably claim about 1,000 lives period. But in Uganda we are losing 1,000 people every week. and as far as the NRM dictatorship is concerned, they are simply not bothered.
Matek
Bush takes storm responsibility | |||||
Mr Bush said the storm had raised questions about the administration's ability to respond to natural disasters as well as terror attacks. The president has faced heavy criticism for the administration's apparently slow reaction to the devastation. The overall confirmed death toll in the hurricane-affected states is above 600. Of that total, 423 deaths are confirmed in Louisiana, which includes the worst-hit city of New Orleans. Officials have said the final number of dead could be much lower than the thousands feared initially. 'What went wrong' The BBC's Jonathan Beale in Washington says Mr Bush's admission of responsibility does not mean he is prepared to take all the blame but has again pointed to failures throughout government.
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Mr Bush said at a news conference. "I want to know what went right and what went wrong." Meanwhile, the acting emergencies chief has pledged more help for survivors. "We're going to get people out of the shelters, we're going to move on and get them the help they need," R David Paulison told reporters. Mr Paulison took over at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) after chief Michael Brown stood down on Monday. Both Mr Bush and Mr Brown have faced severe criticism for the federal government's handling of the disaster. Mr Bush will address the issue in a major speech to the US people on Thursday, the White House has announced. Meanwhile the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned people to beware of numerous websites that are claiming to be raising money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The FBI has so far reviewed more than 2,000 of at least 4,000 sites. Officials said people should be particularly cautious of sites originating from overseas, which make up around 60% of the total. Airport re-opened A house-by-house search for the dead is continuing in New Orleans and elsewhere. Emergency crews are now reaching outlying areas of Louisiana and neighbouring Mississippi,
The BBC's Daniel Lak in New Orleans says the sight of receding waters is starting to tempt a few residents back, despite warnings from the authorities over the health risks. The city's airport re-opened for commercial flights on Tuesday, in a small sign of progress. But the first plane to arrive, Northwest Airlines flight 947 from Memphis, Tennessee, had just 30 people on board, AP news agency said. | |||||
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