Museveni among worst dictators

Kampala

Writing in the influential Foreign Policy magazine, Ghanian-born American Prof. George Ayitteh, listed 40 presidents, among them President Museveni, as the world’s “worst of the worst dictators”.

On Tuesday, the first day of nominations for presidential candidates, the article published in the June/August edition, became part of the 2011 election politics. Makindye East MP Michael Mabikke, current chair of the Inter-Party Cooperation and leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party, stirred the crowd at Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium by reading out this list.

The large crowd surged forward as Mr Mabikke reached Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez at number 17, and then roared as he declared: “At number nineteen, number nineteen is President Museveni.” The stage had been set for Forum for Democratic Change leader, Kizza Besigye.

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