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Obote, Amin were individualists - Museveni
President Museveni waves to Maracha residents on Saturday. PHOTO BY FELIX WAROM OKELLO
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President Museveni has said former presidents Idi Amin and Milton Obote were individualists who did not care about equal distribution of resources, which was why he disagreed with them and started a rebellion.
Speaking during a thanksgiving ceremony for Richard Angualia, the newly-appointed ambassador to Egypt, in Maracha on Saturday, Mr Museveni said: “In 1979 I was young at the age of 26 when I was working at presidential office but we had to run away because Amin did not understand what we were doing.”
“The things we did with people of South Sudan who are now liberated, Amin would not understand it. There was individualism which we did not want,” he said.
Mr Museveni added that he disagreed with Obote because he ran the government on individual basis.
“When you are alone, you cannot unite people however clever you are. Put your cleverness in organising. That is how we went as individuals and came back as an organised force and changed things. A leader should be one with vision,” he added.
Although the two past leaders are accused of sectarianism, there are tangible developments which they have left across the country.
For instance, during Obote’s regime, several health facilities were build, including Nebbi and Yumbe hospitals, while Amin constructed Arua airfield and set up Ombaci satellite station in Arua which was used by the army for communication.
Alluding to divisions within NRM, Mr Museveni said individual wrangles in the party makes it difficult for him to ensure unity among party members.
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