{UAH} BESIGYE 'Ugandans were not free to choose who should lead them '
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Opposition criticism
The venue for the celebrations was Rukungiri, the home town of the former leader of the main opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change, Kiiza Besigye. He was among those who attended the official celebrations and made some scathing comments about Uganda's progress in the last half century.
"Economic growth has been very minimal for the last 51 years. We were at the same economic level with countries like Singapore, Korea and Malaysia. If you look at the kind of development they have been able to achieve for the last 50 years and you compare with our 50 years, then you will realise we have wasted our 50 years," Besigye said.
The reason for this, according to Besigye, was that Ugandans were not free to choose who should lead them and could not enjoy their human rights without being intimidated by the government.
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