President Yoweri Museveni has cleared the name of Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among of any corruption accusations and instead blamed foreign funders for orchestrating the flopped Tuesday’s youth demonstration to Parliament.
“That demonstration, had two bad elements. Element no.1, was funding from foreign sources that are always meddling in the internal affairs of Africa for the last 600 years ─ slave trade, colonialism, neo-colonialism, genocide, economic exploitation, etc,” said Museveni.
Adding: “All those involved, should know that Uganda is not a neo-colony where those shallow schemes can be deployed.” The Head of State revealed that the foreign funded protesters also had dangerous plans against the country.
“The second element, was that some of the authors and participants of the demonstrations, were planning very bad things against the people of Uganda. Those very bad things, will come out in court when those arrested are being tried,” he said.
Adding: “Otherwise, if it was a patriotic, anti-corruption, peaceful demonstration, co-ordinated with the Police, I would have been the first to join.”Museveni appealed to the people receiving the foreign funding, against the national interests, to report themselves to the Ministry of Ethics and Integrity.
“However, those being funded by foreigners, should stop and report to the Minister of State for Ethics, those that have been funding them. In any case, we know a lot about the goings on in those groups,” he said.
The President clearly noted that the interest of the Government is to immunize Uganda against the schemes of the imperialists and their agents.
