Ugandan Dictator Museveni Buy Himself A $50 Million Private Jet Using AID money
by revolutions » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:10 pm European and American Tax Payers Buy $48M Gulfstream Jet For Ugandan Dictator Yoweri Museveni
A multi-million dollar custom Gulfstream jet purchased for Uganda’s president Museveni arrived in the country recently. Mr. Museveni acquired the US$48 million Gulfstream V to replace the less opulent Gulfstream IV he bought less than 10 years ago. The Ugandan leader, who President Bill Clinton used to refer to as one of a “new breed” of progressive Africa leaders has over the last 20 years turned into a fully fledged dictator who working hard to best the likes of Congo’s Mobutu. Mr. Museveni complements a US$54 million presidential palace which is only one year old.
Mr. Museveni used the $48 million Gulf Stream IV to fly his daughter to a hospital in Germany so she could give birth, at a cost of over $35,000, excluding hospital fees. He unapologetically told the local press that he had to do for his family security because he did not trust Ugandan doctors. And it is true that Uganda’s medical services are by far the poorest in East Africa, largely because the starting salary of a Uganda doctor is less than US$300 per month compared to US$1,000 or more in Rwanda, Kenya and much of Tanzania.
According to Transparency International, Uganda is one of the most corrupt and politically unstable countries, described by diplomats as a “crooks’ heaven”. For example five members of the president’s immediate family hold senior government positions. Most notable are his wife Janet who is Minister for Karamoja Region, home of Uganda’s gold mineral reserves and his super corrupt half-brother Salim Saleh Akandwanaho is Presidential Advisor onsecurity . After coming to power through a military coup, Mr. Museveni has ruled Uganda without interruption and all signs are that he intends to remain president until his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, can take over from him.
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Available data supports the argument by Baganda analysts that European and American tax payers are directly and actively funding Mr. Museveni’s human rights abuses and excesses. Mr. Museveni’s local government system is all but fully funded by Sweden and the other Nordic countries. Germany’s GTZ and KfW have pumped millions into shoddy roads and the financial sector only to end up with a quasi-criminal business class in the country, dominated by Museveni relatives and cronies. USAID has not escaped, as millions ofAmerican tax payer money has been channeled into fake agricultural and social development programs used to report bogus economic growth and AIDS control statistics with no real improvements on the ground. Today, at least 50% of Uganda’s national budget is funded by western donors, led by Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom and USA. That is why European and American taxpayers are activelyfunding Mr. Museveni to spend US$102 million (3% of the US$3B 2007/2008 national budget) on a house and a plane within 12 months. That is, not counting operating and maintenance costs.
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