{UAH} REMMY BAHATI asks M7
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*REMMY BAHATI:
Joe Biden is the seventh American President since you captured power in 1986, yet Uganda has not witnessed any peaceful transfer of power since independence. How does that make you feel, Mr President?
YOWERI MUSEVENI:
Well, the United States was founded in 1623. Do you know that? The then United Colonies of America gained independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 and following the Declaration of Independence, Congress renamed the country United States of America.
And America did not even get to have elections until 1789. How many years are those? For us we are having elections every five years. United States is a country which was already consolidated by the time they started democracy. For us, we have consolidated Uganda together with democracy.
The Americans built United States for more than 100 years without democracy, without elections. For us we have been able to rebuild and consolidate Uganda with democracy from the very beginning.
So, countries have different histories. By the time they went for the four years or the system they have now, it was much later. In fact, they did not adopt the two terms until 1945 [the two-term presidential limit was introduced through the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution in 1951. There was a leader called [Franklin] Roosevelt who served [four] terms [prompting the amendment].
So, countries have got different histories. Ours is different, theirs is different". Brilliant response BTW! Man is equipped with history and knowledge on his finger tips.
*What America started doing after over 100yrs of first building the pillars of democracy is what they want Africa states to start building immediately they get into office!! Hypocrisy.*
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-- Joe Biden is the seventh American President since you captured power in 1986, yet Uganda has not witnessed any peaceful transfer of power since independence. How does that make you feel, Mr President?
YOWERI MUSEVENI:
Well, the United States was founded in 1623. Do you know that? The then United Colonies of America gained independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 and following the Declaration of Independence, Congress renamed the country United States of America.
And America did not even get to have elections until 1789. How many years are those? For us we are having elections every five years. United States is a country which was already consolidated by the time they started democracy. For us, we have consolidated Uganda together with democracy.
The Americans built United States for more than 100 years without democracy, without elections. For us we have been able to rebuild and consolidate Uganda with democracy from the very beginning.
So, countries have different histories. By the time they went for the four years or the system they have now, it was much later. In fact, they did not adopt the two terms until 1945 [the two-term presidential limit was introduced through the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution in 1951. There was a leader called [Franklin] Roosevelt who served [four] terms [prompting the amendment].
So, countries have got different histories. Ours is different, theirs is different". Brilliant response BTW! Man is equipped with history and knowledge on his finger tips.
*What America started doing after over 100yrs of first building the pillars of democracy is what they want Africa states to start building immediately they get into office!! Hypocrisy.*
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