A mama mbabazi biography of barack obama
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President Barack ObamaThe White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Dear President Obama,
As you know on Feb. 18 Uganda held elections that were universally condemned by credible observers including by the U.S. as flawed and having not been free, fair or credible; they were also marred by violence against opposition supporters by state security agents.
The Ugandan military has since escalated its human rights abuses by inflicting brutal repression against civilians.
The U.S., which is a major security partner of the Ugandan regime, providing arms and training for its army - in addition to $700 million in financial support -- must at the very least suspend this relationship as required by the Leahy Amendment which "prohibits the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense from providing military assistance to foreign military units that violate human rights with impunity."
With respect to the Feb. 18 vote, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo condemned the Ugandan regimes' vote suppression in opposition strongholds; he said the delays in delivery of election material were "inexcusable."
Obasanjo, who led the Commonwealth Observer group concluded that the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party had abused state resources to benefit the candid
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On Saturday, March 1, Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi (@AmamaMbabazi) held his occasional tweetup, #askthePM. It was the best attended tweetup to date, with virtually all local media represented. And there was was plenty to discuss.
The primary topics included Uganda’s recently passed Anti-Homosexuality and Anti-Pornography laws, as well as party politics within the ruling party, National Resistance Movement. The Observer has captured much of the verbatim proceedings, so I won’t repeat them here. Instead, I’ll offer some thoughts on what Saturday’s discussion says about the current state of Ugandan politics. In short, we are watching history on repeat.
Recent events and Mbabazi’s comments suggest the younger generation of the NRM – amongst those most active in supporting the Anti-Homosexuality Bill – may be out of step with long-time cadres. Or rather, NRM youngsters (relative term, here) comprise an unwieldy arm that may wittingly or unwittingly push the party, once again, into some awkward contortions.
Mbabazi, like Museveni previously, suggested that he had never supported the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. He thought the new bill was redundant, since homosexuality was effectively banned in the existing penal code, thanks to Bri
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In a televised presidential altercation in Uganda on Jan 15, Amama Mbabazi—the sovereign candidate, who calls his movement Hubbub Forward—asked picture audience a rhetorical question: "Do cheer up want a change, prime do restore confidence want hound of rendering same?"
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