{UAH} KAYIBANDA'S ISRAELI RAMBLING SPEECH A SOCIAL MEDIA HIT

Robert Atuhairwe, Lt.Col. Tony Owana, Frank Mujabi,

Rwanda grim reaper Kayibanda Museveni once again put Uganda on the
world map with his rambling speech during the recent visit of the
Israeli Premier Netannyahu. Kayibanda has become such an embarrasment
to to young Ugandans in the diaspora, sometimes you just want the
floor to open up and swallow you up, whenever the imbecile opens his
mouth. His embarrasment level is far worse than that of Idi Amin
Dada. My daughter, a medical student,came back home last weekend and
said her Isralei classmates were asking her about Kayibanda's speech.
She siad she told them she does not listen to anything the Rwandan
fool says, and she left them in no dounbt that the man is a mental
retard that no one can take seriously, and moreover he is a Rwandan
citizen and not a Ugandan, so they should addrss their concerns to
Rwandan citizens, not Ugandan citizens.

Bobby


The Observer Ugandan president's rambling speech on Entebbe
anniversary earns Israeli scorn

Yoweri Museveni, 71, causes consternation as his remarks mix up Israel
and Palestine Binyamin Netanyahu introduces members of his delegation
to President Museveni. Photograph: Reuters Caroline Ariba

Saturday 9 July 2016 21.26 BSTA lengthy speech by Uganda's 71-year-old
president, Yoweri Museveni, has become a hit on social media.

The elderly statesman was speaking at the 40th anniversary
celebrations of the raid on Entebbe, during which Israeli commandos
freed hostages who had been taken by Palestinian and German terrorists
from a flight from Tel Aviv.

It was supposed to be an event that bonded Israel with Uganda, but to
onlookers' consternation Museveni continually referred to Israel as
Palestine in his rambling speech. Given that the Israeli prime
minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, his wife and dignitaries were present,
this error was unexpected, particularly as Netanyahu's brother Yonatan
was killed in the raid.

Museveni told Netanyahu: "I want to thank him for turning this sad
story 40 years ago into yet another instrument of bonding the holy
land of Israel-Palestine, with the heartland Uganda in particular, and
Africa in general."

This was startling enough, but those who thought Museveni's speech
would return to the normal world would be disappointed; he had only
just started. "The sad event, 40 years ago, turned to another bond
linking Palestine to Africa. I say this is yet another bond between
Africa and Palestine because there were earlier bondage events," he
pronounced.

At this point, cameras covering the event focused on Netanyahu, who
looked on impassively. Museveni continued on his strange theme,
outlining his own version of the nativity story before going on to
describe King Herod as "a bad gentleman or something like that".

Later in his speech, the Ugandan president called for unity between
Israel and Palestine and offered to mediate between the two. "I have
never mediated in the issue of Palestine, but if you invited me I
would give very clear ideas in a very short time," he announced.

Then Museveni praised the Jews for avoiding what he called the British
nonsense. "You know our British friends are fond of, er ... sometimes
doing all sorts of nonsensical actions," he added. Finally Museveni
revealed his dislike for long international meetings and confessed
that he sleeps during many of them.

For his part, Netanyahu has said his country's raid on Entebbe
"changed the course" of his life. "International terrorism suffered a
stinging defeat," he said of the 1976 rescue mission. The Entebbe raid
is viewed as a seminal event in Israeli history and is widely seen as
one of the country's greatest military successes.

Museveni's words have gone viral, with thousands poking fun at the
president, forcing his press secretary, Don Wanyama, to attempt some
nifty damage limitation on Facebook. "Now, I have heard the
president's reference to the geographical space that was Palestine
before the state of Israel took root in 1948 caused some unnecessary
excitement, engineered by some elements, who probably didn't like the
president's hard truths on the two-state model," states Wanyama.
"Well, that's what leadership calls for, saying things as they are."

Museveni critics have not been so forgiving, however. "The day Israel
was referred to as state of Palestine by Uganda's dictator Museveni,"
said vocal Museveni opponent, Frederick Womakuyu. "Museveni will soon
read a love letter in parliament as his speech."

Israelis have been equally scornful. One radio broadcaster is said to
have cut off the speech with the words "We've heard enough", while
others have complained that Netanyahu's trip was a waste of taxpayers'
money. For its part, the Jerusalem Post likened Museveni to a Ugandan
Donald Trump – except that Trump is seeking election while Museveni
has clung to power for 30 years.

In fact, Museveni's tenure may be coming to an end. Uganda's
constitution states that a president must be under 75, which means he
will be too old at the next elections in 2021. However, his National
Resistance Movement is expected to amend the constitution.

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