Clinton tells Museveni to consider his legacy
By George Murumba
6th August 2012:
Hillary Clinton gestures: FILE PHOTO
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged President Yoweri Museveni to “consider his legacy” – a phrase which some analysts have interpreted to mean a diplomatic request to President Museveni to retire from the presidency before he is pushed out disgracefully.
Mrs Clinton met the president last Friday as part of a seven-nation African tour that began in Senegal on Wednesday last week. She also thanked Museveni for sending Ugandan troops to Somalia as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
Clinton urged Museveni to strengthen Uganda’s democratic institutions and consider his own legacy.
“…Our position is that there has to be a constitution that sets forth the rules that everyone has to follow…so that it’s not about – as President Obama memorably said in Ghana – it’s not about strong men, it’s about strong institutions,” Clinton said.
In what was effectively a declaration to President Museveni that the U.S. values its relations with nations more that individuals, Mrs Clinton said, “…each leader will make a different calculation about that, but our relationship is not with individual leaders…over the long run it is with nations, it’s with governments, it’s with people”.
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