People change their minds. They just change them slowly, over time, and often imperceptibly.
On the 17th January 2014, Museveni made the statement “I sent the UPDF to South Sudan because I wanted to prevent unconstitutional change of government and also preserve democracy”.
“We gave Riek Machar four days to respond (to the ceasefire offer) and if he doesn’t we shall have to go for him, all of us. That is what we agreed in Nairobi,” Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni told reporters in South Sudan’s capital, Juba.
On 11th June 2014, there was no coup in Juba it was a mere fight between presidential guards.
The South Sudanese armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, on Thursday claimed that the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni had admitted during closed-door IGAD summit in Addis Ababa on Tuesday that there was no coup attempt by him and his colleagues in South Sudan.
“President Museveni admitted that there was no coup attempt and I congratulated him for that,” Machar told Sudan Tribune on Thursday.
He said the Ugandan leader made the confession during a hot debate involving him [Machar] and president Kiir in the presence of the regional leaders on what transpired in Juba on 15 December, adding the South Sudanese leader did not react to Museveni’s new interpretation or position.
Observers say Museveni’s change of mind in the interpretation of what sparked the current six-month old crisis did not come as a surprise to the many of the regional leaders present as they in the past dismissed the coup attempt narrative with the exception of the Ugandan leader who tried to sell it in vain.
Mr. President, do you understand your neurological disorder and cheap rhetoric has generated untold loss of:
Innocent blood of South Sudanese and Ugandan workers in South Sudan
Loss of our Soldiers
Loss of equipments
Loss of trade
Imbalance in domestic services
Diversion of funds from critical sectors to fund a misjudged military invasion to a foreign country
Created regional enemies and distrust for Ugandans.
On the 17th January 2014, Museveni made the statement “I sent the UPDF to South Sudan because I wanted to prevent unconstitutional change of government and also preserve democracy”.
“We gave Riek Machar four days to respond (to the ceasefire offer) and if he doesn’t we shall have to go for him, all of us. That is what we agreed in Nairobi,” Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni told reporters in South Sudan’s capital, Juba.
On 11th June 2014, there was no coup in Juba it was a mere fight between presidential guards.
The South Sudanese armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, on Thursday claimed that the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni had admitted during closed-door IGAD summit in Addis Ababa on Tuesday that there was no coup attempt by him and his colleagues in South Sudan.
“President Museveni admitted that there was no coup attempt and I congratulated him for that,” Machar told Sudan Tribune on Thursday.
He said the Ugandan leader made the confession during a hot debate involving him [Machar] and president Kiir in the presence of the regional leaders on what transpired in Juba on 15 December, adding the South Sudanese leader did not react to Museveni’s new interpretation or position.
Observers say Museveni’s change of mind in the interpretation of what sparked the current six-month old crisis did not come as a surprise to the many of the regional leaders present as they in the past dismissed the coup attempt narrative with the exception of the Ugandan leader who tried to sell it in vain.
Mr. President, do you understand your neurological disorder and cheap rhetoric has generated untold loss of:
Innocent blood of South Sudanese and Ugandan workers in South Sudan
Loss of our Soldiers
Loss of equipments
Loss of trade
Imbalance in domestic services
Diversion of funds from critical sectors to fund a misjudged military invasion to a foreign country
Created regional enemies and distrust for Ugandans.
 |
| Museveni & Kiir |
Comments
Post a Comment