I will not be deterred - Museveni
Apr 12, 2007
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has scoffed at critics who oppose the proposed Mabira Forest giveaway, saying he will not be intimidated. He emphasised that the future lies in processing and he would not be party to a programme that excludes it.
By Joyce Namutebi
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has scoffed at critics who oppose the proposed Mabira Forest giveaway, saying he will not be intimidated.
“I shall not be deterred by people who don’t see where the future of Africa lies,†Museveni said yesterday.
He emphasised that the future lies in processing and he would not be party to a programme that excludes it.
The President was addressing hundreds of people who turned up for the launch of the Milk Cow Initiative at the country home of the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, in Lwantama, Kakiri, Wakiso district.
The President noted that he enjoyed reading what was written in the newspapers about Mabira.
“I get pleased when I see it because it is the short-sighted people who put their opinions in writing. They don’t understand that the future of all countries lies in processing,†he said. Promising that he would respond to Mabira critics, he warned that he would not be “intimidated and out-shouted†on radio.
He added that the matter would be discussed in the Cabinet and the NRM parliamentary caucus and a conclusion would be reached.
The President repeatedly hailed Bukenya for “being a good student†of “Bonna Bagaggawale,†a programme aimed at fighting poverty nationwide.
He said he had gone to Kakiri to boost the Vice-President in his effort to promote the programme.
Twenty Friesian cows, each costing sh1m, were given out to farmers to help improve their household incomes.
The President criticised other leaders for not taking the programme as a priority.
Pointing towards where the ministers and MPs were seated, he amused his audience when he said that he invited leaders to his home in Rwakitura to learn about the programme but when they went back, they got taken up by diversionary issues such as the closure of Nation TV.
“Sometimes I regret the tea, meat and chicken I have been cooking for them,†he said amid laughter. “I want to thank His Excellence, Honourable Prof. Bukenya. I advised him to visit me and he saw that it was possible to change people in the village,†he went on.
The vice-president had been in the press in recent weeks over an extra-marital affair.
Before the start of the function, the jovial Bukenya embraced Wakiso district chairman, Ian Kyeyune, who was also named in the scandal.
Parliament Speaker Edward Ssekandi, ministers, the First Lady Janet, and Bukenya’s wife, Dr. Margaret, attended.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has scoffed at critics who oppose the proposed Mabira Forest giveaway, saying he will not be intimidated.
“I shall not be deterred by people who don’t see where the future of Africa lies,†Museveni said yesterday.
He emphasised that the future lies in processing and he would not be party to a programme that excludes it.
The President was addressing hundreds of people who turned up for the launch of the Milk Cow Initiative at the country home of the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, in Lwantama, Kakiri, Wakiso district.
The President noted that he enjoyed reading what was written in the newspapers about Mabira.
“I get pleased when I see it because it is the short-sighted people who put their opinions in writing. They don’t understand that the future of all countries lies in processing,†he said. Promising that he would respond to Mabira critics, he warned that he would not be “intimidated and out-shouted†on radio.
He added that the matter would be discussed in the Cabinet and the NRM parliamentary caucus and a conclusion would be reached.
The President repeatedly hailed Bukenya for “being a good student†of “Bonna Bagaggawale,†a programme aimed at fighting poverty nationwide.
He said he had gone to Kakiri to boost the Vice-President in his effort to promote the programme.
Twenty Friesian cows, each costing sh1m, were given out to farmers to help improve their household incomes.
The President criticised other leaders for not taking the programme as a priority.
Pointing towards where the ministers and MPs were seated, he amused his audience when he said that he invited leaders to his home in Rwakitura to learn about the programme but when they went back, they got taken up by diversionary issues such as the closure of Nation TV.
“Sometimes I regret the tea, meat and chicken I have been cooking for them,†he said amid laughter. “I want to thank His Excellence, Honourable Prof. Bukenya. I advised him to visit me and he saw that it was possible to change people in the village,†he went on.
The vice-president had been in the press in recent weeks over an extra-marital affair.
Before the start of the function, the jovial Bukenya embraced Wakiso district chairman, Ian Kyeyune, who was also named in the scandal.
Parliament Speaker Edward Ssekandi, ministers, the First Lady Janet, and Bukenya’s wife, Dr. Margaret, attended.