http://192.168.78.3:8081/xmlui/handle/123456789/1818 2026-06-19T05:35:32Z http://192.168.78.3:8081/xmlui/handle/123456789/1023 Tokyo International Conference Museveni, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta As you all know, Africa is the cradle of mankind. All human beings (Homo sapien sapien) emanated from Africa. Evidence has now shown that until 100,000 years ago, all human beings were living only in Africa. It is, therefore, tragic and paradoxical that when the out-of Africa human beings came back to that Continent, around the 15th Century, they came as predators – slave traders, colonizers, etc. The last 500 years of interaction between Africans and Europeans, in particular, has not been a happy one. It has not been an equitable one. Africans were also involuntarily involved in a war with Japan in Burma on behalf of European colonizers. Eventually, Africa had to win her freedom by a combination of peaceful and armed means of struggle. Since independence, the interaction between African countries, if Uganda is to be taken as one of the examples, has not been equitable. Yes, Uganda has received “aid” from Western countries and Japan. However, that “aid” has been wiped out several times over by the inequitable trade arrangements. These unfair trade arrangements confine us to producing raw materials whose prices inexorably go down for very good scientific reasons. These raw materials are easy to produce. Hence, all countries with similar climatic conditions produce them. Thereby leading to over production and, therefore, declining prices. Besides, as science and technology advance, either new raw materials are identified, new techniques evolve or fewer quantities of the same raw materials are used. Thereby, either diminishing the use of the raw materials or rendering them irrelevant altogether. The fate of copper is one good example. Copper was a raw material for telephone wires in the old telecommunications technology. With new techniques of wireless telecommunications technology, less copper is demanded. Hence, the collapse of the copper prices. African countries such as Congo-Kinshasa and Zambia that had considerable prosperity based on copper in the 1960s have fallen on hard times. 2003-09-29T00:00:00Z http://192.168.78.3:8081/xmlui/handle/123456789/1021 The President's speech during the golden jubilee celebrations 2012 Museveni, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta I congratulate all the Ugandans for attaining the 50 years since independence in 1962. Congratulations! I also use this occasion to welcome their Excellencies, the Presidents of the fraternal African countries who have come to join us on this occasion. Here today, we have their Excellencies: H.E. Dr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin and the Chairman of the AU; H.E. Robert Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe; H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda; H.E. Joseph Kabila, President of the DRC; H.E. Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya; H.E. François Bozize, President of the Central African Republic; H.E. Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi; H.E. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the Republic of Mauritania; H.E. Ian Kharma, President of the Republic of Botswana; H.E. Salva Kiir, President of the Republic of South Sudan; H.E. Mohamed Morsi, President of the Republic of Egypt; the Rt. Hon. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; and H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia. 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z http://192.168.78.3:8081/xmlui/handle/123456789/1020 President Museveni swearing in speech Museveni, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta On behalf of the People of Uganda, I welcome their Excellencies, President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya and Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, who are my colleagues in the East African Summit of Heads of State to this function. I also welcome Their Excellencies: Robert Mugabe, of the Republic of Zimbabwe; Thabo Mbeki of the South African Republic; Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia; Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda; Armando Emilio Guebuza of Mozambique; Abdullahi Yusuf of Somalia; Ismaili Omar Guelleh of Djibouti; Mohammed Abdeleziz of Saharawi; Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi who are members of the African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit for coming to this occasion. I welcome H.E. Salva Kiir, the First Vice President of the Republic of Sudan and the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Mvouba Isidore of DRC. I welcome all the delegation leaders from the AU Countries as well as delegations from abroad. Thank you for coming to express solidarity with us. 2006-05-12T00:00:00Z http://192.168.78.3:8081/xmlui/handle/123456789/1018 Speech at Official Opening of the Second Annual International Conference on Sustainable ICT Capacity in Developing Countries Museveni, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta I am greatly honoured to be invited to officiate at the second annual International Conference, on Sustainable ICT Capacity in Developing Countries. I wish to commend Makerere University and in particular the Dean of the Faculty of Computing and his colleagues for their efforts towards the promotion of ICT in Uganda and beyond. I wish to extend warm welcome to all the participants who have come from outside Uganda. 2006-08-07T00:00:00Z