Uganda's General Museveni: Metamorphosis Of A Despot  -A +A
Gen. Yoweri Museveni    [Africa: Commentary]     A Ruler's
Militarism Run Amock In East and Central Africa  Let it be known
that the Ugandan ruler Gen. Yoweri Museveni’s problem is not age
as some people believe.    His problems include a combination of
dangerous adventurism, incompetence, rigidity and dishonesty. 
He became president in his early 40s and has been in power
uninterrupted since 1986. With experience of 27 years as
executive president and still counting and abundant public good
will at home and abroad in the early stages, financial and
natural resources and highly educated and experienced Ugandans,
Museveni should have turned Uganda into a first world country
economically, socially and democratically.   At the start of his
administration in January 1986, Museveni launched a very popular
10-point program subsequently revised to 15 that promised among
other things eradicating poverty, hunger, ignorance, disease and
suffering in general;