Bill and Hillary Museveni??? taking lessons from Billy and the Beast...
Posted on 11/29/2005 7:13:00 PM PST by ncountylee
KAMPALA, Uganda, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Critics say the president of Uganda, who plans to run his wife for parliament, is becoming a dictator in the style of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.
Janet Museveni will challenge Augustine Ruzindana, a former ally of President Yoweri Museveni who is now a key opposition leader, the Times of London reported.
"For the past three years we have been witnessing the creation of a Museveni dynasty," Ruzindana said. "He can't trust anyone but family -- which is why he has them in all the different state institutions."
Kizza Besigye, head of the Forum for Democratic Change, was arrested recently when he returned to Uganda from South Africa, where he had been living in exile. On Monday, lawyers gathered outside the courthouse in Kampala to protest military involvement in the case against Besigye.
More enlightenment on the dark continent.
Bill and Hillary Museveni??? taking lessons from Billy and the Beast...
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